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Panic as unidentified persons threaten to burn down IUIU
Students are seen at the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) Mbale campus. FILE PHOTO
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Ms Kantono also revealed that institution management has called for an emergency meeting with the students to address their grievances and is optimistic that the differences will be settled.
Students and administrators at Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) are living in fear after a mysterious letter was dropped at the Mbale campus threatening to burn down the institution buildings.
The letter was dropped at the Campus on January 13, 2020 and was seen by OC IUIU police post but the authors did not identify themselves.
According to the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Ms Rehema Kantono, the letter was addressed to OC IUIU police post.
“Be informed that as students of IUIU we are tired of the administrators who take university as their home or business. Several times students are victimised on good reasons and are chased,” letter reads in part.
“For us international students pay a lot of money, we shall show them in two weeks what it means not to respect students as partners,” the letter further reads.
Copy of the letter
Ms Kantono said that the information about the letter quickly spread to everybody in campus sending the students and administrators in panic hence fleeing for fear of being burnt.
“The management of IUIU has come out and informed concerned security officers about the mysterious letter, and we would wish to assure the students and general public that the matter is in the hands of the security team and investigations are ongoing,” she said.
Ms Kantono also revealed that institution management has called for an emergency meeting with the students to address their grievances and is optimistic that the differences will be settled.
