The Senate on
Tuesday ordered three premier Universities in Nigeria to absorb students of
Plateau State origin who are currently stranded at the University of Maiduguri.
In an adopted motion
on Wednesday which was sponsored by Senator Istifanus Gyang representing
Plateau Central Senatorial district, Senate upheld the prayers that students of
Plateau State origin have been target of Boko Haram attacks.
The three
Universities are, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Jos and Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.
The lawmaker posited
that Boko Haram have consistently abducted and killed several people of Plateau
origin, a development, he said would stoke ethno-religious crisis, if not
halted.
“Mr. President
distinguished colleagues, it’s sad to note that students of Plateau origin are
being abducted. Aid workers working in Borno who are of Plateau origin are
abducted and killed.
“Their aim is to
provoke ethno-religious crisis and I think the government should move into
action to stop this before it gets out of hand. ”
He also stressed
that students of Plateau origin schooling at the University of Maiduguri could
no longer go to school for fear of attacks.
Speaking through
order 42 and 52 of Senate rules, Gyang lamented that the incidence of Boko
Haram attacks and marauding elements have resurfaced in Plateau after some
period of peace.
He feared that
Plateau people would move for reprisal attack on religious line, if government
slack on taking action in defense of the people, adding that “Bokkos local
government of Plateau is currently under banditry siege.”
He disclosed that
about 27 deaths have been recorded in some communities in Bokkos LGA.
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