The Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, has been closed down indefinitely by the management of the school following students’ uprising over inadequacy of water supply in the campus.
As at the time of visit, the school had been deserted and students sent home pending invitation to continue with their truncated second semester which started in April, 2016.
Provost of the College, Dr. Gimba Abbas who was in Abuja for an official assignment the Acting Provost on Wednesday called to inform him that the Shi’ite Muslims had sought permission to conduct a rally in the school, which he directed should not be granted them.
He nevertheless traced the origin of the crises to water considering the information he received about the situation, only to arrive Gombe on Thursday night with the intention to address the situation and met that his private residence and that of the school’s Registrar had been attacked by students.
Dr. Abbas said the Dean, Students Affairs at about 5:30am yesterday called to inform him that the students were on rampage and had become destructive.
Although he would not say the school is closed indefinitely, the provost said the College would remain closed until management does its assessments, meet and decide on way forward which he said would take three weeks.
He said about six students were affected, five of them being asthmatic were affected by the police teargas while the other got a bullet wound.
Some of the students told our reporter that there had been acute water shortage on the campus for three days now.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Gombe Command, Ahmed Usman said there was no casualty but confirmed the injury of a staff of the institution who was pelted by the students.
He said about 100 students were apprehended in connection with the crises and they were immediately released to their Dean of Students Affairs after their statements were taken.
Students uprising: FCE(T), Gombe closed indefinitely.
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