STUDENTS of Bayero University, Kano, on Monday protested over the alleged killing of their colleague at the new site of the university.
But the university’s spokesperson, Lamara Garba, in a statement on the development, said the person killed was not a student but a visitor.
The students were said to have staged a protest following news of the killing of the student on social media.
The protesters marched within the campus with placards with different inscriptions such as, ‘a girls are not secure’, ‘Na person wey dey alive dey rewrite carryover’, and ‘Use your sense, we need security in BUK’, among others.
The protesting students called on the university authorities to protect students following reports of insecurity in the school.
However, when contacted, the BUK’s spokesperson, Mr Garba, said the person killed was not a student but a visitor.
According to him, the identified deceased person was Adamu Sunusi-Shanono.
Garba the victim was killed by phone snatchers, adding that two suspects had been arrested over the incident.
“The victim and the arrested suspects are not students of the university and the incident did not happen in the school,” Garba said. Punch
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