Two University of Jos Students Killed in Nearby Violence

Two students from the University of Jos were killed and three others injured in a wave of violence that swept through communities near the institution in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, beginning on March 29. The attacks, which also claimed the lives of more than 30 residents in the Angwan Rukuba area, prompted a 48-hour curfew and widespread evacuations, underscoring the precarious security situation in the region.

University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Tanko Ishaya confirmed the deaths during a press briefing in Jos on Thursday, identifying the victims as Abel Joro Gershon, a 300-level student in the Department of Building, and Adeyomo Oluwafemi Temitope, a 500-level student in the Department of Quantity Surveying. Gershon was shot in the stomach during the initial assault on Angwan Rukuba and died on April 5 at the Jos University Teaching Hospital after treatment in its intensive care unit. Temitope was shot and attacked with a machete by assailants on April 1 while traveling alone along Bauchi Road outside the campus.

In addition to the fatalities, three other members of the university community sustained injuries: students Ishaya Patrick, who was shot in the...