One Killed During Attack On Private University In Kaduna, Says Commissioner
The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, has confirmed the death of one person from the attack on the private university in Kaduna on Tuesday night.
Mr. Aruwan during the visit to the school said that the victim is a staff of the Greenfield University.
He said that the number of students abducted is yet to be ascertained, but will be confirmed after a headcount of the students.
Mr Aruwan briefs security officials on the situation
Briefing journalists, he said, “Yesterday Tuesday 20th of April 2021, at 8:30 pm we received a distress call that armed bandits are attacking Greenfield University,
so we immediately sent troops and other security agencies to the institution.
“The troops did not come in contact with the bandits because they escaped,
unfortunately, the bandits killed a staff of the university.
“Furthermore, an unspecified number of students have been kidnapped, as we speak we are still working around the general area so that we can get the actual figure”.
Security officials visit the Greenfield University Kaduna
The commissioner assured residents that the military and security agencies are working round the clock for their release.
“We will keep you informed on other developments”, the commissioner added.
Eyewitnesses said the gunmen stormed the university last night and started shooting sporadically, before taking some of the students away.
The locals said that the university with about forty students population does not have enough security on the ground,
despite it location in one of the epicentres of kidnapping, a situation which they believe made it easier for the bandits to gain easy access into the institution.
The academic institution, Greenfield University, is located along the Kaduna–Abuja Highway in Chikun Local Government Area,
and also the first private university in the state established three years ago.
The latest incident is the first major attack that bandits will launch on communities around the Kaduna-Abuja Highway
since they deployed 300 female soldiers to the general area in January this year.
By Victoria I.E.
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