By Victoria Okpanachi
The management of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, has announced a series of stringent security measures, including an immediate ban on students bringing personal vehicles into the institution and the indefinite suspension of unauthorised social gatherings following a recent security breach on campus.
The new directives, approved at the university’s 401st Regular Management Committee Meeting, are aimed at strengthening security, improving access control, and safeguarding lives and property within the institution.
According to a statement issued by the Registrar, Mr Siyaka Audu, students will no longer be allowed to enter the campus with personal cars, motorcycles, or other privately owned means of transportation until further notice, while security checks and surveillance measures have also been intensified across the university community.
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As part of efforts to strengthen access control, the institution declared that the main gate would remain the only authorised entry and exit point for vehicles, while other gates would be restricted to pedestrian movement.
Management maintained its position on student activities, warning that the ban on unauthorised social gatherings remains in force indefinitely.
To improve monitoring of transportation around the campus, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) has been directed to conduct a comprehensive registration and identification exercise for commercial motorcycle operators in collaboration with their union leaders.
The institution further stated that visitors entering the campus would now be subjected to stricter identification and security screening procedures.
As part of the new security framework, cross-body bags have been prohibited within the campus, while staff members who own tinted vehicles have been directed to register such vehicles with the security unit and present valid tint permits.
Meanwhile, the university revealed that the Kogi State Government is working towards the installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras and other surveillance equipment at strategic locations across the campus to strengthen security monitoring and emergency response capabilities.
The university appealed to staff, students and other stakeholders to cooperate fully with the new directives, emphasising that the measures are designed to protect lives, secure property and restore confidence in the institution’s security architecture.
