The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) has shut down the university over student protest on Monday in respect of the killing of a final-year student, Joseph Obiaje Agabaidu.
The latter was murdered by suspected gang of phone robbers.
The closure was contained in a press statement signed and released on Monday by Hajia Fatima Abdullahi, the Deputy Registrar Academic of the institution.
The statement said that the Vice Chancellor had approved the closure of the university for an initial period of one week, with effect from Monday, December 4, to Sunday, December 10, 2023.
“Therefore, I am directed to request all undergraduate students on both campuses to vacate the university premises with immediate effect, as failure to comply may lead to appropriate sanctions by the constituted authority,” the statement reads.
Agabaidu, a final-year student in the Geology department was stabbed to death at the Yelwa campus by suspected armed robbers who tried to steal his phone.
