The directive was issued after the Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, briefed Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the killings which has continued to elicit strong condemnation from the general public.
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, President Jonathan disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday.
The president according to him described the killings as tragic, sad, barbaric and shocking and has therefore ordered security agencies to investigate the gruesome murder.
“The President has directed Securuty agencies to investigate the matter and get to the root because this kind of incidence, where people are called out and shot is really shocking.
“He directed that no stone should be left unturned in the bid by the law enforcement agencies to ensure that perpetrators of the mayhem are brought to book”.
Abati said government regretted that the massacre occurred at a time when considerable progress was being made in tackling the security challenges in some parts of the country.
43 were killed at Federal Polythecnic, Mubi, Adamawa State University, the School of Health Technology, Mubi and the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) on Monday, October 1st.
The Federal Polythechnic, Mubi lost 26 students, 14 were killed at the other two higher institutions.
Also, three other persons, including a retired soldier, a guard and father of a student, reportedly lost their lives too.
The murdered students were said to have been called out by their killers. As a replacement for one of their targets, the gunmen were said to have killed the father.
Commissioner of Police in Adamawa, Godfrey Okeke, confirmed that 26 corpses had been deposited in the mortuary.
Okeke said the killers came with a hit list with which they identified their targets before gunning them down
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