A lecturer at Kano State Polytechnic, Aliyu Hamza Abdullahi, was attacked in his office on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. The attack was reportedly carried out by a female student and her boyfriend.
The school’s spokesperson, Auwal Ismail Bagwai, said the incident happened at 2 pm while the lecturer, who is also the department’s exam officer, was attending to students.
The female student, whose name has not been revealed, entered the office with her boyfriend. She claimed the lecturer was stopping her from achieving her academic goals. Things got worse when her boyfriend pulled out a cutlass and tried to hit the lecturer on the head.
Thankfully, other students and staff in the office stepped in quickly and stopped the attack. The lecturer got injured on his hands while trying to defend himself. The attackers ran away after people intervened.
Reports say the student wanted to change to a different department but was told her grades were not good enough. Angry about this, she blamed the lecturer and called her boyfriend to "teach him a lesson."
Bagwai said, “The female student entered the office with her boyfriend, saying the lecturer was the reason she couldn’t get what she wanted. The boyfriend attacked him with a cutlass.”