The Management of the Bauchi State Polytechnic had ordered the shutdown of the institution over violent protest by students on Tuesday after armed robbers attacked their hostels and carted away valuables including phones leaving many severely injured.
The robbers had attacked the students on Monday night prompting the students to protest that the polytechnic had failed to protect them from the attack .
Current matters gathered that at least nine students were injured and taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital in Bauchi for treatment.
The angry students demonstrated on the Bauchi–Dass road, mounting a blockade to prevent movement around the institution’s main entrance
But hoodlums hijacked the protest mounting roadblocks hindering vehicular and pedestrian access on the highway. The police fired teargas to disperse the crowd.
The Management of the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi has confirmed the immediate closure of academic activities in the institution.
According to a statement on Tuesday, the institution’s Registrar, Kasimu Salihu, explained that unscrupulous elements invaded the male students’ hostel, making away with their belongings and injuring about two students.
“Upon this sad development, students came out of the polytechnic main gate to express their justifiable frustration, calling on the management to act.
“While the management acted immediately, with all principal officers and management staff showing up to address the students and the situation, it has been established that hoodlums who do not mean well to the students and the institution had taken over what was meant to be a peaceful protest, “the registrar said.
“Against the background of this ugly situation, the management hereby orders the immediate closure of academic activities. By this order, students are given two hours within which to vacate the polytechnic campus, until further notice,” he added.
