The authorities of Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil, has ordered the closure of the university for two weeks following the students protest over the death of their colleague. The deceased, Faruk Abubakar, a 300 level student, drowned in River Wudil last Wednesday.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof Shehu AlhajiMusa, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Wudil yesterday. He said the University Senate had declared Thursday May 3 and Friday May 4 as lecture free days to mourn the deceased student, explaining that the students were expected to go on mid-semester break from Monday, May 7 to Friday, May 18. According to him, the students had been directed to vacate the campus before closing hours of yesterday. He said three students went on Wednesday to swim but security asked them not to go into the River.
“You know students; they refused to heed to the advice as a result the three of them drowned. “The University had blocked all access roads to the River but the three students insisted that they must go and swim,” he said. Alhaji-Musa said soon after the incident, the university mobilised a rescue team which rescued two of the students while the remaining one was yet to be recovered.
He said the students who protested damaged some properties belonging to the university. “Even though no much damage was done to properties but the university is taking all necessary measures to put things in order,” he said. As at the time of filling this reports students were still trying to meet the deadline of vacating the school premises before the closing hours.
