The authorities of Adamawa State University, Mubi,
have recruited 80 hunters to ensure the security of
the university community.

The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the
university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof Joshua Shall,
disclosed this to newsmen in Mubi on Thursday, just
as the institution resumes academic activities.

Shall said that the institution was aware of the
complementary role played by the vigilante groups
and the hunters when the military recaptured Mubi
town after it was overrun by insurgents in October
2014. This, he said, informed the decision of the
university to recruit the hunters to boost security in
the institution.

Shall, who said that 95 per cent of the students had
resumed for classes, stated that the institution lost 11
members of staff and three students, while property
worth N5bn were destroyed by the insurgents.
“They (insurgents) broke into all offices, staff
quarters, hostels, laboratories, stores and looted
property,” he said.

The vice chancellor said that the school managed to
reopen following the intervention of the Tertiary
Education Trust Fund, which he said, supported the
institution with N250m.

He said that TETFund also approved a substantial
amount of money for the institution which his
management was now trying to access to sustain the
ongoing rehabilitation work in the university.

While lauding TETFund for the support, Shall also
commended the national body of Academic Staff
Union of Universities, for donating N21m to its
members in the university.

He said the university had also compiled the lists of
damages incurred by its wrkers and submitted same
to the Victims Support Fund, for possible assistance.
“We hope that when the fund commence rendering
assistance to victims of insurgency, we will be
remembered,” Shall said.