Eight students from Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai (IBBUL) have been arrested by the Nigerian Police for allegedly terrorising students and carrying out robbery attacks on campus.
Parading the students Wednesday in Minna, the police public relations officer (PPRO) of the state command, DSP Mohammed Abubakar, said the suspects were nabbed after complaints from other students.
He said one of the suspects, Yakubu Isah, had been identified by a victim as one the robbers that invaded his room on September 22, 2019.
He said, “On September 22, 2019, at about 0630hrs, one Hauwa Ibrahim and five others all of Jagaban Lodge, students of IBB University Lapai reported at Divisional Police Headquarters that on the same date, at about 0230 hours, some hoodlums armed with dangerous weapons stormed their room and attacked and inflicted them with of injuries and robbed them of their valuables and unspecified amount of money.”
He identified the arrested students to include Ahmed Kamaldeen, mohammed Ahmed Hassan, Victor John Dizawo, Abdulraman Solomon Baje, Hassan Suleiman, Yakubu Isah Kopa, David Solomon and Umar Abdulkareem Sani.
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Abubakar said the police discovered piles of weeds suspected to be India hemp in Yakubu Isah’s room at the time of his arrest, adding that the suspect “will soon be charged to court at the completion of investigations.”
Speaking with journalists, Isah denied participating in any robbery operation, but claimed ownership of the weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.
Isah, a 400-level student of the department of sociology, said he had been training himself at the university by selling marijuana, adding that “the victim said he identified me by my voice, but this is false because I am not an armed robber and never participated in any robbery.”
Meanwhile, the university management has expressed concerns over the recent spate of violent attacks on students residing off-campus
The registrar, Mohammed Abdullahi, said in a statement issued Wednesday that management was working with security agencies to “address this unfortunate situation.”