Kaduna State College of Education Denies Killing Of Students By Herdsmen, Accuses Vanguard Reporter Of Fabricating Story

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he authorities of Kaduna State College of
Education have accused Mr. Luka Binniyat, a
Vanguard Newspaper reporter in Kaduna, of inventing a
story that five of its students were killed by Fulani
herdsmen in the southern part of the state at the
weekend.
In a statement sent to the media, embassies and civil
society organizations, the institution said the report was
fabricated by the reporter to compound the security
situation in the state. Signed by the institution's
Registrar, Mr. Samuel Tukurah, the statement said the
college was requested by the military high command to
authenticate claims made in the Vanguard report.
The statement said the college does not have a Mass
Communication Department, whose students were said
to have been killed by the Vanguard reporter. It also
explained that it received no report of such incident.
The statement added that the students of the college's
campus at Gidan Waya are currently broken.
The Vanguard correspondent had reported that Fulani
herdsmen killed some students of the college, a
situation that heightened tension in an already fragile
area. The story also gained currency on the social
media.
The Kaduna State College of Education described the
report as unfounded and a confection.
"The College wishes to categorically state that the story
is totally false and unfounded. Similarly, the College is
not aware or in receipt of any report of such incidence
from the Police. Moreover, the College does not run
any Department of Mass Communication and all her
students of the Gidan-Waya campus are presently on
break.
"We are surprised that such insinuation is being
patronized and perpetrated by certain reputable media
outfits such as Vanguard.
"Members of the general public are, therefore, called
upon to totally disregard such stories as they are mere
attempt to compound the security challenges being
experienced in Southern Kaduna and the State in
general," the statement said.