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Religious Tension Forces Closure Of Federal University, Katsina by emmasege: 5:01pm On Jun 03, 2017
Federal University in Dutsin-ma in Katsina state has been shut down - The university was shut down over religious tension - Muslim students accused the former Vice Chancellor, James Ayatse, of favoring Christians in filling academic and non-academic vacancies Christians and Muslims are allegedly facing each other in what can be described as religious crises in Katsina.

The alleged brewing tension between minority Christians and a larger body of Muslim students have resulted in the closure of the Federal University in Dutsin-ma in Katsina state by the university’s management according to Sahara Reporters.

NAIJ.com understands that the crises started on Friday when Islamic students at the university mobilized and protested against Christian employees at the university. Andrew Moses, a security guard at the University, who spoke to Sahara Reporters said that: “We saw strange faces stationed at Academic Department housing the university management staff, including the Vice Chancellor. When we inquired about their mission, they simply said, ‘We are here for jihad against Christians in the university.’” While reacting to the incident, a lecturer at the university who asks not to be mentioned said that the crises has been a long standing one. According to him, it started when Muslim students accused the former Vice Chancellor, James Ayatse, of favoring Christians in filling academic and non-academic vacancies. He noted further that the boiling over of the crises was a result of a court order which recently reinstated Haruna Kaita.

Acccording to Sahara Reporter's source: “Professor Kaita came to the university with a group of Muslims who threatened to deal with any Christians working here,” referring to the Federal Government-owned university. He said further that Muslim students backing Mr. Kaita mobilized other Muslims groups from Dutsin-ma town to support their mission of sending the Christians away from the federal university. It was also gathered Samuel Zumve, the interim chairman of the Academic Staff Union of the Universities (ASUU), equally mobilized some Christian students who came together “prepared to defend their Christians fellows in the university.

” Police officers have however been deployed around the university to forestall religious violence in the town and the university.

Meanwhile, chairman of the university Senate, Bichi, has ordered immediate closure of the university until normalcy returns.


https://www.naij.com/1108074-religious-tension-forces-closure-federal-university-katsina.html
Re: Religious Tension Forces Closure Of Federal University, Katsina by greenermodels: 5:19pm On Jun 03, 2017
religious differences can never give rise to violence in Biafra.God bless Biafra,the land of the rising sun.
Re: Religious Tension Forces Closure Of Federal University, Katsina by Angeleena(m): 5:21pm On Jun 03, 2017
nawa oo,even in an academic environment, this people carried their madness, there...the same set,of bastards,reno said we should learn from..nonesense..
Re: Religious Tension Forces Closure Of Federal University, Katsina by Nobody: 5:34pm On Jun 03, 2017
Angeleena:
nawa oo,even in an academic environment, this people carried their madness, there...the same set,of bastards,reno said we should learn from..nonesense..


Who are the bastards?
Re: Religious Tension Forces Closure Of Federal University, Katsina by eyeview: 7:08pm On Jun 03, 2017
Muslims can't tolerate one-tenth of what they mete out to others.
They will fill everywhere with nepotism, but the moment you try to put one or two of your own, they start crying like a bereaved baby.
Look at a region that has been in power in power for most of our post independence life, but the six years Jonathan spent there, they nearly went violent if they didn't get it back.
Look at how that useless Buhari was disregarding quota and federal character to fill everywhere with hausa/ fulani Muslims, but just this few days of osibanjo in power and they are already crying and accusing him of filling one or two slots with his people.
Silly people
Re: Religious Tension Forces Closure Of Federal University, Katsina by jafardambatta: 7:51pm On Jun 03, 2017
emmasege:
Federal University in Dutsin-ma in Katsina state has been shut down - The university was shut down over religious tension - Muslim students accused the former Vice Chancellor, James Ayatse, of favoring Christians in filling academic and non-academic vacancies Christians and Muslims are allegedly facing each other in what can be described as religious crises in Katsina.

The alleged brewing tension between minority Christians and a larger body of Muslim students have resulted in the closure of the Federal University in Dutsin-ma in Katsina state by the university’s management according to Sahara Reporters.

NAIJ.com understands that the crises started on Friday when Islamic students at the university mobilized and protested against Christian employees at the university. Andrew Moses, a security guard at the University, who spoke to Sahara Reporters said that: “We saw strange faces stationed at Academic Department housing the university management staff, including the Vice Chancellor. When we inquired about their mission, they simply said, ‘We are here for jihad against Christians in the university.’” While reacting to the incident, a lecturer at the university who asks not to be mentioned said that the crises has been a long standing one. According to him, it started when Muslim students accused the former Vice Chancellor, James Ayatse, of favoring Christians in filling academic and non-academic vacancies. He noted further that the boiling over of the crises was a result of a court order which recently reinstated Haruna Kaita.

Acccording to Sahara Reporter's source: “Professor Kaita came to the university with a group of Muslims who threatened to deal with any Christians working here,” referring to the Federal Government-owned university. He said further that Muslim students backing Mr. Kaita mobilized other Muslims groups from Dutsin-ma town to support their mission of sending the Christians away from the federal university. It was also gathered Samuel Zumve, the interim chairman of the Academic Staff Union of the Universities (ASUU), equally mobilized some Christian students who came together “prepared to defend their Christians fellows in the university.

” Police officers have however been deployed around the university to forestall religious violence in the town and the university.

Meanwhile, chairman of the university Senate, Bichi, has ordered immediate closure of the university until normalcy returns.


https://www.naij.com/1108074-religious-tension-forces-closure-federal-university-katsina.html
Pls. Stop circulating false information. Get in touch with people on ground to verify your information.

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