The Federal Government has directed vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts across the country to dismiss any student found guilty of kidnapping or related crimes after a proper investigation.
Minister of Education Tunji Alausa gave the directive during a meeting with the governing council and management of the Federal University of Lafia in Abuja.
He also instructed heads of tertiary institutions to improve intelligence gathering on campuses and work more closely with the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies.
The minister said institutions must not allow criminal activities to take root on campuses.
“If you tolerate bad behaviour for too long, it becomes a culture. Any student found culpable, after due investigation, of planning or participating in the kidnapping of fellow students has no place in our tertiary institutions. Such individuals must be dismissed. Our campuses must never become safe havens for criminal elements,” he
