Governor Samuel Ortom has ordered for the evacuation of the Benue State indigenes studying at the University of Jos, Plateau state due to the ongoing mayhem in the city of Jos.
The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Dennis A. Ityavyar disclosed this today during a chat with newsmen in his office in Makurdi.
The Commissioner revealed that the Benue State Government was keenly following development in the city of Jos, and has also contacted the Vice-Chancellor of the School, Prof. Sebastian Seddi Maimako on the security situation in Jos and the readiness of the Benue State Government to evacuate students from Benue State studying in the school.
" Arrangement to evacuate the students have been concluded, and the state was only waiting to hear from the management of the school which is studying the security situation in Jos, with a view of closing down the school should the security situation not improve by the end of today."We shall go in immediately as a proactive measure to save the students from falling victim to the violence in Jos", he said.
The Education Commissioner reiterated the commitment of the Ortom administration to the security of Benue indigenes irrespective of where they reside.
Reacting to the development, the President of the National Union of Benue State Students, NUBESS, UNIJOS chapter, Comr. Kenneth Umajor who spoke on phone commended the Benue State Government for the decision to evacuate the students.
He confirmed the efforts by the Benue State Government to evacuate the students, and said it was a relieve to the students who have been living in fear since the outbreak of the violence in Jos.
According to reports, the violence in Jos has so far claimed the life of a 200 -level student in the Faculty of Law, injured two, and another missing.
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Monday night held a meeting with heads of security agencies in the state to review the prevailing security situation within Jos .
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