Deputy Registrar of Public Affairs at Bayero University, Lamara Garba, said the varsity has never come under threat of kidnapping, adding that those circulating the report were heartless and irresponsible.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The management of Bayero University in Kano State has dismissed as fake, unfounded and maliciously concocted, reports being circulated of kidnapping at the university.
A statement on Tuesday by the university’s Deputy Registrar of Public Affairs, Lamara Garba, said the varsity has never come under such threat, adding that those circulating the report were heartless and irresponsible.
“The attention of the management of Bayero University, Kano has been drawn to a fake alarm on kidnapping in the campus,” Garba said.
“We wish to state unequivocally that, there has never been a case of kidnapping in any of the campuses of the university whatsoever.
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“For the avoidance of doubt, the university has for a very long time taken all the necessary steps and measures to ensure the safety of staff and students.
“We are particularly disturbed that some heartless individuals will fabricate fake news knowing that it will cause panic not only within the university but within the Kano environment and beyond.”
He appealed to the general public to disregard the fake report, assuring that “Bayero University is safe and secure.”
The claims of kidnapping in the college come as insecurity bites deeper in Africa‘s most populous country.