Jos crisis: Kaduna evacuates 87 students from Plateau

The statement said, “87 students were evacuated on Friday, August 20, 2021 by security

Jos crisis: Kaduna evacuates 87 students from Plateau

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Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board said it had evacuated 87 students of the state origin studying in the University of Jos and other tertiary institutions in Plateau State.

The Executive Secretary of the board, Malam Hassan Rilwan, disclosed in a statement on Thursday that the evacuation was concluded last weekend following the state government’s directives that all students of Kaduna trapped should be evacuated in view of the security situation in that state.

The statement said, “87 students were evacuated on Friday, August 20, 2021 by security agencies under the supervision of the board and have since reunited with their families.”

Rilwan promised that the board shall continue to remain proactive in such kind of volatile situations and assured Kaduna citizens of commitment to securing the lives of the state’s students in Plateau state and elsewhere.

He commended the Senator representing Kaduna Central, Senator Uba Sani, for his support in evacuating the students.