The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi( UAM) Professor Emmanuel Kucha said the school was closed for 14 days to allow proper investigations into the killing of four students and a security guard in a private hostel .
Unknown gunmen suspected to be rival cult members last Tuesday stormed a private student hostel within the university and killed four students and a security guard .
The security guard was engaged by the private hostel owner.
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the Vice Chancellor said the university’s management has launched its own discreet investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the killings, while the spokesman of Benue Police Command, Moses Yamu explained that the command was also investigating the killings.
Professor Kucha said security within the university and private hostels will be strengthened to prevent another security breach .
The Vice Chancellor dismissed claims by students that there was no ambulance to convey the wounded students to the hospital saying there are two patrol vans and ambulance in the university to convey the victims.