Gunmen Abduct Deputy Registrar Of Taraba State University
BY AMEH IDUJAGI, JALINGO – Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday kidnapped the Deputy Registrar Administration of the Taraba State University Jalingo, Mr. Sanusi Sa’ad.
Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba University chapter, Dr Samuel Shikaa confirmed the incident to newsmen in Jalingo.
Shikaa said that Sa’ad, who is also the Information and Protocol Officer of the University, was picked in his house at the University quarters at about 1:00am on Tuesday.
He further said that the kidnappers invaded the house through the back side of the University that is not fenced and took the Deputy Registrar away to an unknown destination.
A brother to the victim, Alhaji Kalid Sa’ad also confirmed the incident to our Correspondent saying that the kidnappers had just contacted him and demanded for ransom.
He however, did not mention the amount of money demanded, saying he was still in talks with the kidnappers.
The Taraba University branch of ASUU is currently on strike over insecurity of staff occasioned by lack of perimeter fencing of the University, funding and pension for staff among others.
Kidnapping in Taraba is gradually becoming a daily occurrence as hardly a day passes without a reported case of abduction.
The Commissioner of Police, Taraba State, Mr Alkasim Sanusi while launching operation Puff Adder recently, warned kidnappers and other criminals to leave the state warning that the command is ready to flush them out.
