Gunmen seize Plateau varsity student, shoot one for Bokkos off-campus attack
- Gunmen carry one first-year female student of Plateau State University, Bokkos, on Saturday night.
- Anoda person dem shoot and injure for di same attack on off-campus student housing.
- Di university say na only about 1,000 of im nearly 20,000 students dem fit house on campus.
Gunmen wey dem believe na kidnappers carry one first-year female student of Plateau State University (PLASU) for Bokkos and shoot and injure anoda person on Saturday night, according to students and one university official.
Di attack happen around 8:40pm for area wey students dey rent rooms outside di campus, for Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. Di student dey out with anoda female student when di gunmen carry her, one fellow student tell journalists for Jos on Sunday.
"We never see her since then," di student talk, speaking on condition of anonymity. He talk say she live off campus and he no know her personally. He call on security agencies to bring her back safely.
Second attack in four weeks
One member of di university community, wey also ask make dem no name am because he no get authority to speak publicly, talk say di school know about di incident. He talk say na di second such attack on students wey dey live off campus in four weeks.
He stress say di attack no happen inside di campus, wey he talk say di university dey directly responsible to protect. Even so, he talk say management dey worry say students wey dey rent outside di school suppose face such danger.
According to am, di university fit currently house only about 1,000 students for im hostels because of serious funding limits, while e get close to 20,000 students in all. He talk say Vice-Chancellor Prof. Shedrack Best don work hard to provide safe rooms on campus, and say di school dey grateful to Governor Caleb Mutfwang and di Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for building critical facilities.
Di university, he talk, go continue to talk to di authorities about more hostel space and better security for im students.
Di Plateau State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Alfred Alabo, no dey reachable for comment when dem file di reports.
Wetin go happen next
Students and residents go dey watch to see whether di police go launch rescue operation and confirm di details of di attack. Di case also put pressure on di university and di state government over hostel space, since students wey no fit get room on campus dey left to find housing for communities around Bokkos.
