Gunmen storm Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, kidnap three students

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BY ADEYEMI ADEBIMPE                          

GUNMEN have kidnapped three students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State.

The students were said to have been abducted by the unidentified gunmen on Saturday night, near a lecture hall in the school’s premises.

The institution has, however, not released the identities of the kidnapped students.

Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Catherine Anene, confirmed the development.

She said, “Information has been received by the school authority that on April 24, 2021, at about 10:20 pm, some unknown persons came into the school premises and kidnapped three of their students who were studying close to a lecture theater.

“We received that information and we are on it. I know that we are very close and we will continue to do our best. For now, this is what I have for the media but my advice is that the members of the public should remain calm.

“We are doing our best to make sure that we get to the root of the matter and also apprehend the perpetrators of the crime.”

She assured parents of the students that the police would do its best to get back their children.

“They should remain calm and cooperate with us. We will do our best,” Anene said.

On whether the kidnappers had made any demands, the PPPRO said, “That is classified information. When the incident happened, we received reports from the school authorities and we are working on it in our own way. We do not need to wait for people to be contacted before we do our job.

“As soon as we received the information, we deployed our teams and they are working both technically and physically. So we will continue to do our best. We do not have to wait for contacts to be established before we do our work. For now we do not have the identity of the affected students.”

Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Richard Kimbir, also confirmed the incident.

He said the school was not sure of the number of students involved but that this would soon be ascertained.

“We are holding a management meeting at the moment and at the end of the meeting we will confirm the number. But for now, we are sure of two because the kidnappers have made contacts with us,” he said.

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