UI students desert campus over Boko Haram’s threat

Following the threat by the Boko Haram sect to bomb the University of Ibadan(UI), studens have abandoned academic activities and deserted the campus.
Nigerian Tribune learnt that the students  left the campus as a result of the Islamist group's threat and other issues raised by the institution's Student Union Government (SUG) .
It was further gathered that most of them  have decided to stay off campus while others  have returned to their various homes.

It will be recalled that leaders of UI Student Union Government, on Wednesday, invaded examination halls and disrupted the second semester examinations  as a result of the threat.
There was confusion as some of the students who had reported for  examinations were caught unawares by the action of the student leaders.
However, due to the Boko Haram  threat, the institution’s management had postponed the second semester examination till September 19, 2011.
The decision to shift the examination date, was contained in a bulletin released on Wednesday.
The management had also allayed the fears of residents of the university community and urged them to report any suspicious movement  to the school authorities for prompt action.
Futhermore, the institution's Registrar, Mrs Omotayo Ikotun,   appealed to  the students to return as normal academic activities were still on.