This is yet
another warning the school is recieving from the insurgents this week, as they
have ben recieving threats of bombing from the terrorists. Sahara Reporters
claim that the letters are believed to be real, coming directly from Boko Haram
as stated by Sahara reporters.
The students
are now living in fear. Most of those who use the only hostel available say
they have not slept there over the past weekend.
The hostel,
also known as 'Barde Hall, was nearly empty of students beginning on Saturday
evening. Barde Hall, is also popularly known as "256" by many in the
student body. It is a popular 'hang out' spot for many of the students
attending.
It is also seen as a safe space, and resting place, that normally
has scores of students milling around outside during the academic year. Many of
the students did not sleep, or 'hang out' at the hostel on Saturday night. It
was ghostly quiet.
A student
also said that the atmosphere at the hostel worsened on Sunday night. In room
A5, a student confided that, he was the only person that slept the night in his
room.
Another student said that many of the occupants had fled to the nearby
town to seek shelter instead, where they believe it to be a much safer place.
Yet, the
tension Monday morning picked-up, when students in Barde Hall awoke and found a
letter placed on a wall that was written in the Hausa language. The letter,
when translated into English, reads,"Last warning."But this time
around, it had a pound of flesh clipped to the letter.
It dripped with blood,
and was described as somewhat black in colour, though looking as if it was not
long since this section of human flesh it was cut off.
This caused
panic among many of the students at the hostel. The Vice Chancellor according
to a Sahara Reporters source reportedly insisted that nothing will change with
the school's academic calendar. Strangely, the students were told that their
exams will be held as earlier scheduled.
As it stands
now, many of the Adamawa State University students have packed their bags, and
also, reportedly, packing out of the hostel.
The
"256" is in a place many of the departing students feel is especially
vulnerable, in large part because, physically, it is isolated, and neighboured
by bush, with just a few farms located behind the building. In short, for many
it is too easy a target with a school administration almost detached from their
concerns over whether the threatening letters received are real, or not.
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