The
University of Jos has been shut down after a protest by students over
hike in fees turned violent. The protest started yesterday morning with
students holding university administrators hostage in their offices. Security
officials where later called in today when the protest continued to
calm the situation. But a soldier attached to the Special Taskforce on
Jos crisis (STF), instead of calming the situation opened fire on
protesters leaving at least 8 students with gun wounds including a blind
one. The
University Registrar, Jully Dandam, after a hurriedly convened
management meeting, announced the institution will remain closed till
further notice. The school
management also ordered all students to vacate the campus before 2 p.m.
today as a way of halting the violence and stopping the crisis from
spreading to other parts of the state. None of the
students has died, but are presently receiving treatment. The Special
Taskforce (STF) spokesperson has however denied a soldier with them shot
the wounded students, but confirmed they had gun wounds, but might be
from other security officers invited by the school management
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