About four students of the Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State, have is said to have been kidnapped by well armed men who stormed the university premises and abducted to unknown destination.
The varsity’s Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Ibrahim, confirmed the incident in a statement made sent to our correspondent on Friday.
He narrated how the gunmen stormed the university premises located in Mararaba community at about 11:30 pm on Thursday and kidnapped the students. adding that efforts were being made to secure their release.
“The Management of the Federal University of Lafia regret to announce that four students of the university were kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Thursday, January 13, 2022, at around 11:30 p.m.
“The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Shehu Abdul Rahman, on behalf of the management of the institution, expressed his profound outrage at the unfortunate development and condemned it in strong terms and demand the immediate release of those kidnapped.
“The vice-chancellor, who has since visited the area where the students were kidnapped, visited the Nasarawa Police Command where he formally notified the Commissioner of Police about the abduction of the students,” the statement read in part.
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The statement added that the VC had contacted other security operatives, appealing to them to work tirelessly for the safe and quick return of the students while urging students in the area to pay more attention to security-related matters at all times.
The state,’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ramhan Nansel, could not be reached the time of filing this report, as he failed to respond to his calls.