Nigerian president orders arrest of students killers

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday ordered security agencies to fish out and bring to book the perpetrators of the massacre of students in Mubi in the northeastern state of Adamawa. The Nigerian leader described the killings as tragic, sad, barbaric and shocking. At the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) in Abuja, the president called on security agencies to investigate the matter and get to the root of the matter because this kind of incidence where people are called out and shot is really shocking. Gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram members, reportedly killed some students of Federal Polytechnic, Adamawa State University, the School of Health Technology and the University of Maiduguri, all in Mubi on Tuesday. More than 25 students of the institutions living off campus were reportedly killed by the gunmen while and many others were injured. The FEC members took turn to condemn the act and call for full investigations with a view to bringing the culprits to justice.