•The protesting students
Students of the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida(IBB) University, Lapai in Niger State took to the streets of Lapai today to protest the killing of one of them by armed robbers.
It was learnt that robbers invaded a student lodge close to the school gate in the early hours of today and in the process killed a 200-level student who resumed for the session yesterday, reports The Nation.
The robbers also carted away several valuables belonging to the students without any resistance from security agents from the institution.
The students began protesting at the front of the school gate blocking the road and burning tires and sticks.
The students said the insecurity in the school began since the beginning of this year and they have been complaining to the school authorities and the police but nothing was done to address it.
The students claimed that several female students have been sexually harassed in the course of robbery while several students have lost their valuables to the robbers.
The students are insisting that they will not disperse until the government and school authority take step to address the insecurity in the school community stressing their lives are no longer safe.
Calls and messages to the Information Officer of the institution were not responded to as of the time of filing this report.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abiodun Wasiu confirmed the killing of the student by armed robbers saying that he was stabbed on the neck.
“Today being 23rd June, 2025 at about 3am, information was received that at about 2.30am, some hoodlums attacked a student lodge at Ndakitabu area via Lapai. Police operatives of Lapai Division rushed to the scene, but the suspected robbers had escaped.
“Unfortunately, one Jafar was stabbed on the neck and he was rushed to General Hospital Lapai where he was later confirmed dead,” Abiodun said in a statement.
He also confirmed the students have barricaded Agaie-Lapai road, adding that tactical teams of the Command have been dispatched to Lapai to ensure that normalcy is restored.
