The management of Abdullahi Fodio University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Kebbi State, has ordered the immediate closure of the institution, directing all staff and students to vacate the campus without delay.
The directive was contained in an official memo issued by the Office of the Registrar and Secretary to Council, announcing that the shutdown takes effect immediately and affects all categories of students, postgraduate, undergraduate, diploma, remedial and IJMB programmes.
The notice, signed by the Registrar, Maimaro Tilli, instructed students to leave the premises within one hour of the announcement, warning that the university’s Security Division had been mandated to evacuate anyone found within the hostels or restricted areas.
Students living off campus, especially in communities like Gidan Rami, were also advised to vacate their residences to avoid what the university described as “embarrassment” from security personnel enforcing the closure.
The institution gave no official reason for the abrupt action, saying only that the closure would remain in force until further notice.
However, according to Channels Television, credible sources confirmed that the shutdown is linked to heightened security threats facing educational institutions in northern Nigeria.
On Monday, November 17, gunmen abducted about 24 students from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State.
The vice principal of the school was reportedly killed while attempting to resist the kidnappers.
The attack drew widespread condemnation and renewed fears over school safety.
Following the abduction, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directed security agencies to launch an intensified rescue operation.
Vice President, Kashim Shettima, was dispatched to Kebbi to convey the President’s commitment to securing the release of the abducted students.
As part of fresh measures, Tinubu also ordered the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to relocate to Kebbi State and coordinate security operations from the frontline.
The Kebbi incident was followed by another mass kidnapping in Niger State, where over 300 students were whisked away in a separate attack.
9news Nigeria reports that the back-to-back abductions have triggered nationwide alarm and forced several states and federal institutions to close schools temporarily.
