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*As Lecturers and Students flee for safety
By Muhd D. Haidar with additional reports from News Agency
Academic activities at the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA) has been paralyzed following spate of bandit attacks in recent times, as scores of lecturers and students flee from campus for safety.
The report came shortly after the Vice Chancellor FUDMA, Prof. Armayau Bichi addressed a press conference alleging that some of the university’s staff were serving as informants to the bandits.
Prof. Bichi said the contacts of the suspected staffers were given to a security agency for further investigation, and added that the suspected bandits have been attacking the area, kidnapping students and staffers of the university as well as their family members.
NAN reports that the suspected bandits have been attacking the area, kidnapping students and staffers of the university as well as their family members.
A recent attack which led to the death of one of the university’s staff had prompted his colleagues to stage a peaceful protest over insecurity.
According to the vice-chancellor, the school management is doing everything possible to prevent the recurrence of such incidents but the situation was getting aggravated.
Bichi said, “This issue of informants is worrisome, therefore, we investigated those we are suspecting of giving out their colleagues’ and students’ information.
”We have found them and handed over their contacts to one of the security agencies for further investigation.
“But we have not heard anything from the securities.
“These suspects are our staff. We have strong reasons for accusing them of being informants to bandits,” the vice chancellor revealed.”
It was reliably gathered that two staffers in two of the Departments of the varsity were fingered as informants of the bandits and have been handed over to police for further investigation.
Reacting to the situation, the Police Command in the state said that they were not aware of such an issue but promised to further investigate the matter.
The command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, who reacted, called on the public to always assist them with information that would end the security challenges. (NAN)