But lack of hostels made the students rent apartments outside the campus where they faced challenges of insecurity. Armed hoodlums usually come to our off-campus hostels, rob students at gunpoint, and also rape female students. There are Ayeka, Okunmo, Igodanlisa and Okitipupa communities. He said, “We have read various reports that gunmen raped students of the university. The students living in the town have problems with the locals but that gunmen raped students is totally untrue.

Source: Punch July 03, 2021 23:26 UTC