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Four abducted Nasarawa varsity students regain freedom

January 17, 2022 No Comments

The four abducted students of the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa, have regained their freedom.

The students were released by their abductors late on Saturday.

The quartet were abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits last Thursday.

The university’s Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Ibrahim, confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday.

The statement read: “The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Shehu Abdul Rahman, commended the Nasarawa State government and the general public for their support during the period.”

Gunmen abduct two Nasarawa varsity students

October 18, 2021 No Comments

Gunmen on Saturday abducted two students of the Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State.

Eyewitnesses told journalists on Sunday the hoodlums stormed Mararaba, the university’s host community, at about 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, shot sporadically into the air before whisking the victims to an unknown destination.

The spokesman of the state police command, Ramhan Nansel, who confirmed the incident, said the command’s anti-kidnapping unit had been deployed to conduct a thorough search for the victims and rescue them unhurt.

The students were kidnapped on Saturday evening in Mararaba but we did not get any report of the incident until today.

“Our men from the anti-kidnapping unit have been mobilised to conduct a thorough search in bushes and mountains in the area and rescue the victims unhurt,” the spokesman said.