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Kebbi university shuts over regional security threats.
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Recent student abductions spark nationwide concern over safety in learning institutions.
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Federal authorities intensify rescue operations and deploy top officials to affected states.
Abdullahi Fodio University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Kebbi State, has been shut down with immediate effect, following a directive from the institution’s management ordering all students and staff to vacate the campus without delay.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the announcement was issued in an official memo from the Office of the Registrar and Secretary to Council, stating that the closure affects every academic category, including postgraduate, undergraduate, diploma, remedial and IJMB students.
The Registrar, Maimaro Tilli, instructed all students to evacuate the premises within one hour, adding that the University Security Division had been authorised to remove anyone still found in hostels or restricted areas.
Students residing off campus, particularly those in communities such as Gidan Rami, were equally advised to vacate their lodges to avoid what the school described as potential embarrassment from security personnel enforcing the closure.
Although the management provided no official reason for the abrupt shutdown, Channels Television reported that the decision is tied to rising security threats targeting educational institutions across northern Nigeria.
The development follows the abduction of about 24 students from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State on Monday, November 17. The school’s vice principal was killed while trying to resist the attackers, a tragedy that sparked public outrage and renewed concerns about student safety.
In response, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directed security agencies to intensify rescue efforts. Vice President Kashim Shettima was deployed to Kebbi to reassure families and convey the President’s commitment to securing the students’ release.
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, was also ordered to relocate to the state and coordinate operations on the ground.
The Kebbi attack was quickly followed by another mass abduction in Niger State, where more than 300 students were taken in a separate incident. The back-to-back abductions have raised nationwide alarm and prompted several institutions to suspend academic activities as precautionary measures.
