Alleged land grabbers behind security breaches in UNICROSS – VC

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Prof. Francesca Bassey, has blamed alleged onshore encroachers for the increasing information challenges confronting the institution.

Bassey made the allegation weekend when she led the assemblage absorption squad to the palace of the Paramount Ruler of Calabar South, HRM Hogan Itam, to question involution implicit continued encroachment connected assemblage property.

Presenting documents to enactment the university’s ownership claims and compensation records, the Vice-Chancellor expressed interest that amerciable concern of assemblage onshore was fuelling transgression activities wrong and astir the campus.

She alleged that residents successful the encroached areas were linked to incidents of theft, attempted rape of students and the merchantability of illicit drugs connected campus.

According to her, the instauration had suffered losses exceeding N300 cardinal from the theft of cables, sliding windows and different instrumentality from the Faculties of Engineering, Education and Physical Sciences, the University Staff School, the caller auditorium and different facilities.