The Usman Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) has condemned the physical attack on its ex-Vice Chancellor Prof. Abdullahi Zuru during the just concluded Adamawa State supplementary governorship poll. Zuru, an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner, was assaulted by unidentified persons after the Resident Electoral Commissioner(REC) Hudu Yunusu-Ari was controversially declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Aisha Binani the winner of the polls, with the collation of results yet to be concluded…..CONTINUE READING...CONTINUE READING
In a statement on Wednesday, UDUS Vice Chancellor Lawal Bilbis described the attack as not only barbaric but very dehumanising. He said: “On behalf of all staff and students of the University, we call on the Federal Government to launch a speedy and incisive investigation with a view to uncovering, apprehending and prosecuting the masterminds and field agents of the dastardly attack within the shortest possible time.”
According to him, Zuru is a fine gentleman, a true nationalist, an erudite scholar and a rare epitome of selflessness, who rose through the ranks to become the 8th Vice Chancellor of the university from 2014 to 2019…..CONTINUE READING
