#7 days to die bandits series

Speaking on the issue, Anele Oguezi, an associate professor at Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State, decried that no place is safe if gunmen can attack the Nigerian Defense Academy in Kaduna unchallenged.

Reports have it that they have been rescued by security agents.ДЄlthough in many of the cases, most of the abducted lecturers, their family members and students have regained freedom, probably after ransom is paid, the spate of the attacks on Nigerian campuses is alarming. Most recently, gunmen invaded University of Abuja staff quarters in Gwagwalada and abducted six persons including four professors. There was also a report of the kidnap of Professor John Alabi, dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences at Kogi State University, Ayingba, by unknown gunmen when the lecturer was about to enter his apartment. In August, two lecturers at Abia State University, Uturu and others were robbed and kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen along ABSU-Isuikwuato Road, though they were later released and one of the lecturers was said to have died from the beatings received from the kidnappers. In June this year, one Dan Ella, a lecturer in the Department of Theatre Art, University of Jos, was abducted amid a ransom of N10 million for his release. Read Also: METKA delivers off-grid hybrid power project to second Nigerian university

#7 days to die bandits series

In the same May, there were a series of attacks on University of Jos that warranted the management to close all its studentsвЂ™ hostels over security threats to the school. In May this year, the Taraba state police command confirmed the kidnapping of Umar Buba, a lecturer and head of the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Agriculture in Taraba State University by some armed men. This year alone, over 50 lecturers and university students have been kidnapped by gunmen with at least three deaths across the country. The cases are rising on a daily basis and regrettably unabated. Today, university campuses are no longer safe as kidnappers and gunmen have brazen up and are now invading campus to take hostage of lecturers and students unlike the former method of waiting for them outside the campus or on the highways close to the campuses. So also, other universities across the country resolved to keep on despite the growing insecurity, considering the fact that the government has done little or nothing to curb the attacks on universities, on education and on the future of the country.

Some of the bombings took place late in the night or early in the morning and this affected the optimal output of the staff and students,вЂќ he says.Дespite the bombings and kidnappings of students and lecturers, especially along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, the vice chancellor says, вЂњAt some point we made a resolve that we would live with it and continue to discharge our responsibility of teaching, research and community service.вЂќ вЂњSometimes, when the bombs went off, the blasts affected the psychology of our students, making them live in fear.