Mubi Massacre: Death toll rises to 40, SUG indicted

Students leaving troubled Mubi

Information reaching Dailypost indicates that the number of students who lost their lives in the attack carried out on the students of the Federal Polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa state has risen to 40 as many of the injured students who were taken to the hospital died last night, as confirmed by one of the hospital officials .
Meanwhile, the lawmakers who deliberated on the matter yesterday had called on Jonathan’s government to live up to the expectation of the masses by putting a permanent stop to the senseless killings that have taken over the country. The lawmakers had advised the President to quickly swing into action and bring the perpetrators of the Mubi killing to book.
According to Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, it was time a vote of no confidence is passed on Jonathan’s government for its insensitivity “We are a nation under siege; even under the Abacha regime, it was not as bad as this. To me, I think it is high time we passed a no confidence vote on this government,” Tinubu said.
Meanwhile, the police have confirmed the arrest of several people in connection with the Mubi killing. According to its ongoing investigation, the SUG elections held before the attack could be the possible cause of the killing, hence, those who participated in the SUG election and other key SUG officials would be interrogated even as the school remained closed.
Speaking with newsmen, the state Commissioner of police, Mr Godfrey Okeke said “Though the school has been closed because of the incident, we will interrogate student union leaders and anyone that could assist our investigations. It is going to be a wide angle investigation; we will explore every angle and link. The school authorities are cooperating with us; some of their administrative staff have been with us since morning,“ the police boss explained.

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