Peter Okafor
Assailants suspected to be herdsmen has launched an attack on Plateau State University, Bokkos Local Government.
Students of the Plateau State University, Bokkos, had earlier on Friday staged a protest following an attack by bandits that led to the death of one of their colleagues.
The aggrieved students who bemoaned the incessant attack by bandits on the community condemned the attack by terrorists on their school premises on Thursday, April 18, 2024.
However , videos footages circulating the social media platform X, shows students fleeing the premises even as they try to get a hiding place.
The Registrar of the institution, Yakubu Ayuba in a statement condemned the attack which resulted in the the tragic loss of the student.
He reaffirmed the commitment of the school authority to ensure the security and welfare of all members is not jeopardised.
The statement disclosed that despite ongoing efforts by the Plateau State government, security agencies, University management, and stakeholders to improve security, the enemies of the University and the state orchestrated the dastardly attack, resulting in the loss of a cherished student.
“To honor the memory of the fallen student, the management has declared a two-day mourning period on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th April, 2024, as a result, all examinations scheduled for these days have been suspended”.
However in response to the heartbreaking news, the Vice-Chancellor and the entire university management expressed their deepest condolences to the family of the deceased, the student body, and the university community.
