The Acting Vice Chancellor of Taraba State
University, Jalingo, Dr Catherine Musa, said on
Tuesday that investigation has commenced into
report of a robbery incident in the girls’ hostel of
the institution.
Musa disclosed that a committee had been set up to
find out how the girls were robbed of their valuables
in the middle of the night and the response of the
university’s security personnel.
The vice chancellor told newsmen in Jalingo that
reports indicated that the girls were robbed of 18
handsets, two laptop, a tablet computer, some
amount of money and other valuables.

“I was told that at about 3 am, someone went into the
hostel and robbed the girls of their valuables,
including phones and computers.
“The girls themselves believe they were charmed
because all of them were deep asleep and only woke
up to discover that their phones and other valuables
were stolen.

“We have already set up a committee to investigate
the matter and I don’t want to pre-empt the outcome
of their investigation, but I know we are going to do
something to prevent a reoccurrence of such,” she
said.
Musa urged the state government to fence the
university, to enhance security.
She recalled that due to the porous nature of the
university, the house of a lecturer, Dr. Hassan
Garba, was recently burgled.