Kebbi University Shuts Down, Orders Staff, Students To Immediately Evacuate Premises

The management of Abdullahi Fodio University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Kebbi State, has ordered the immediate shutdown of the institution, directing all staff and students to vacate the campus within one hour.

The directive, issued through an official memo from the Office of the Registrar and Secretary to Council, states that the closure affects all categories of students — postgraduate, undergraduate, diploma, remedial and IJMB programmes.

The notice, signed by Registrar Maimaro Tilli, warned that the university’s Security Division had been instructed to evacuate anyone found within hostels or restricted areas after the deadline. Students living off campus, particularly in nearby communities such as Gidan Rami, were also advised to leave to avoid possible confrontation with security personnel enforcing the closure.

Although the memo did not provide a reason for the abrupt shutdown, Channels Television reports that the decision is linked to growing security concerns targeting educational institutions in northern Nigeria.

The development comes barely days after gunmen abducted about 24 students from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State. The school’s vice principal was killed while attempting to resist the attackers.

The incident sparked widespread outrage and renewed fears over school safety across the country. Following the attack, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered security agencies to intensify rescue operations, while Vice President Kashim Shettima was deployed to Kebbi to reinforce the government’s commitment to securing the victims’ release.

In addition, the President directed the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to relocate to Kebbi and coordinate operations from the frontline.

The Kebbi abduction was soon followed by another mass kidnapping in Niger State, where over 300 students were taken in a separate attack.

National Beam reports that the successive abductions have heightened nationwide anxiety and compelled several federal and state institutions to shut down schools temporarily.