The Federal Government has directed vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts across the country to dismiss any student found culpable of kidnapping or related crimes after due investigation.
The directive was issued by the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, during a meeting with the pro-chancellor, governing council and management of the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, in Abuja.
According to a statement issued by the minister’s Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Ikharo Attah, Alausa also instructed heads of tertiary institutions to strengthen internal intelligence systems and deepen collaboration with the Department of State Services and other security agencies to improve campus safety.
The minister said institutions must not tolerate criminality among students, warning that failure to act decisively could encourage a culture of impunity.
“If you tolerate bad behaviour for too long, it becomes a culture. Any student found culpable, after due investigation, of planning or participating in the kidnapping of fellow students has no place in our tertiary institutions. Such individuals must be dismissed. Our campuses must never become safe havens for criminal elements,” he said.
