A university newsletter released by the vice chancellor's office on September 30 states that the attack on the Christian students has threatened peace on the campus. The bulletin states that nine Muslim students participated in the attack, though only eight have been suspended.
Prof. Hameed Tukur, the university's vice chancellor, said the suspended students were Abubakar Abdullahi, Muhammad Tijani, Abdullahi M. Abubakar, Ahmed Raji, Binyaminu Umar, Mohammed Abdullahi, Yahaya Zubairu, and Ibrahim Habibullahi.
These students "were identified as the principal actors who fully participated in the unfortunate crises, which engulfed the Bosso campus on Wednesday, September 21, 2005."
University authorities expressed fear that the extremists may attack the Christian students again. Tukur's report indicates that security was again threatened when Muslim students responded with "an irrational reaction to the suspension order handed down on nine students who willfully attacked and injured innocent students for no just cause."
"The security situation of the Bosso campus was again threatened as a result of the unnecessary escalation of tension," the report says. "Academic activities were put on hold as students vacated the classroom due to growing anxiety. In order not to allow the situation to degenerate, the police were promptly invited to the campus to protect lives and property."
Muslim students angered over their suspension are planning to attack not just the university's Christians, but the larger Christian community in Niger state, the report says.
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