Students of Benue State University shut down entire campus

barricaded the entrance gates in protest over Comr. Tyonor Smith, President of the National Union of Benue State Student (NUBESS) who was shot in the head by gunmen suspected to be cultists on Sunday night in Makurdi.

The student leader was shot at the gate of the Benue State University College of Health Sciences at about 7.34pm while on his way out of the school. He was rushed to the hospital and is responding to treatment.

Confirming the report, the spokesperson for the Benue State Police Command, DSP Catherine Anene, explained that investigation revealed that Smith was involved in campus politics, adding that the students ’ union election was around the corner and that his opponent(s ) might be responsible for the act.

 Anene kept up that the command had propelled investigation to caught the individuals who shot the student ' pioneer. She included that no capture had been made. 

The dissenting students approached state security organizations and the Government initiative to abridge and intercede into the security difficulties desolating the whole Benue State with the present circumstance of multiplication of weapons.