YABATECH Suspends Students Week Over Shooting Incident In The Campus

 

Due to the shooting incident that occurred in the college on Wednesday, the management of the Yaba College of Technology in Lagos has suspended the ongoing "Students' Week."

The Deputy Registrar of YABATECH, Joe Ejiofor, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday that the action was necessary to restore sanity after the event attracted a large number of miscreants and non-students.

Ejiofor, who is also the YABATECH's Head of Public Relations, expressed dissatisfaction with the incident.

He stated that the person who was shot was not a YABATECH student and that the shooter had been apprehended.

"There was a problem that resulted in a shooting incident on Wednesday during 'Students' Week,' but the people involved were not our students."

“There was an influx of people on the campus due to the activities and unfortunately some miscreants in the environment took undue advantage of the event to attack their opponents.

“The college management, therefore, suspended the event with immediate effect because of the sad development that involved shooting but the good news is that the perpetrator has been arrested and is at present at the Sabo Police Station, Yaba,” Ejiofor said.

The YABATECH deputy registrar noted that as a responsible and responsive management, its main task was to ensure the safety of staff and students on campus adding, “the college management will not relent on this.”