ATBU Vice Chancellor’s social media handles hacked

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Samuel Luka, Bauchi

The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi has announced that the social media handles of its Vice Chancellor, Professor Muhammad A. AbdulAzeez have been hacked by some selfish persons.

The announcement was contained in a press statement tagged ‘Re: Hacking of the ATBU Vice Chancellor’s Social Media Handles, signed and issued to newsmen by the university’s Head, Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Kabiru Garba Aminu yesterday.

“The attention of the University Management is once again drawn despite the earlier issued disclaimer notice that, some people continue to fall into the trap of scammers in the name of transacting business with ATBU, through the hacked social media handles of the Vice-Chancellor”, the press statement read in parts.

“The General Public is hereby once again reminded that the Facebook account and other social media handles of Prof. Muhammad A. AbdulAzeez, Vice-Chancellor of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi have been hacked by some individuals for their selfish purposes”, it further alerted.

The press statement urged members of the general public to disregard any request to offer contract, Job employment or seek any kind of assistance or to offer help to any individual(s) or company by the account of the Vice-Chancellor, ATBU, Bauchi.

The university management therefore, warned that anybody that transact any business in the name of the said accounts does that at his or her own risk.