Two students shot dead, 4 injured – VC confirms UNIJOS loss to Jos violence

By Polycarp Auta

The Vice Chancellor, University of Jos, Prof. Tanko Shaya, has identified Abel Gershon, a 300-level student of Building Department and Adeyomo Temitope, a 500-level student of Quantity Survey Department as two students of the institution lost to recent violence in the Plateau state capital.

The Vice Chancellor disclosed this during a news conference on Thursday in Jos said that four other students and one member staff of the institution were injured and currently receiving treatment in the hospital.

“Abel Gershon was shot in his stomach on March 29 and was at the Intensive Care Unit of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), unfortunately, he died on Sunday, April 5.

“Adeyomo Temitope left the campus alone on April 1 and found himself in violence area of Bauchi Road, he was shot and macheted to death by hoodlums.

“So, we have a total of five members of the university community affected by the incident; four students and one staff member,” he said.

The vice chancellor sympathised with the immediate families of the deceased and said that those in the hospital were responding to treatment.

Ishaya, maintained that the April 13 resumption date for students was sacrosanct, saying that measures had been taken to beef up security within the university and its immediate host communities.

He insisted that the university was safe, pointing out that none of its campuses had never been attacked since the inception of crises in Plateau.

He appealed to parents and guardians to ensure that their wards returned to campus to enable them to conclude their first semester examination and commence the second semester.

Recall that on March 29, gunmen attacked Angwan Rukuba community in Jos North local government area, killing many people and injuring many others.

The Angwan Rukuba is a community that houses many staff and students of the university.

The incident prompted the State Government to immediately impose a 48-hour curfew. However, the violence spread to other communities as soon as the curfew was relaxed on April 1.

(NAN)