Three students of the Department of Economics, Kogi State University, Anyigba, have been arrested and handed over to the Police, Anyigba Division, for threatening the life of a lecturer in the Department, Dr. Ilemona Adofu.
The students are Attah Daniel Danladi (11EC1071); Solomon Idamarhare (13EC1082), and Oladele Adinoyi Bello (12EC1046).
A letter addressed to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and signed by the Chief Security Coordinator (CSC) of the University, Major M.J. Adama (rtd), said the students had threatened Dr. Adofu to ensure that they pass ECO 307 examination which is one of the courses he teaches.
It recalled that a lecturer in the same Department, Mr. Alehile Kehinde Samuel was shot on the leg at his residence along Old Egume Road, on Thursday, 25 June, 2015, and was rushed to Good Shepherd Hospital, from where he was transferred to Lokoja for further medical attention for security reasons.
The letter stressed that after the incident, many lecturers from the same Department have received verbal or mobile text messages in form of threats which were reported to the police appropriately.
The CSC, in the letter, added that Economics Department has the highest cases of cult-related activities among students off-campus, stressing that any threat from any student in the Department must, therefore, be handled seriously.
The Security Unit, it added, is planning general investigation of staff and students in the Department of Economics, as intelligence report showed that there were some staff collaborators in cult and criminal activities in the Department.
I, therefore, urge the police to furnish the University on the outcome of investigation in respect of the current situation.
Source: The Graphic
