Gunmen Abduct Four University Students

• Gunmen have abducted four university students.

 

EKOHOTBLOG reports that no fewer than four students of the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, have been abducted by unknown gunmen.

It was gathered that the students were kidnapped by the gunmen following an attack on Mararaba Akunza community area in the Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

 

It was further learnt that the incident occurred between 7-8pm when it was raining heavily on Saturday night.

 

An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that the gunmen stormed the community in their large number and shot sporadically into the air before abducting their victims to an unknown destination.

This online news platform gathered that the kidnappers have made contact with the family of the victims around 11.30pm on Saturday night, demanding N25 million ransom.

 

The source disclosed, “The gunmen came in their large number and started shooting sporadically into the air, scaring residents of Mararaba Akunza community, before abducting four students.

“But nobody knows whether they are students of Federal University of Lafia.

 

“It was raining heavily on Saturday night when the suspected kidnappers came in with their AK 47 riffles and carried out their operation successfully that lasted for several hours and succeeded in kidnapping some students, but no one knows whether they are students of Federal University of Lafia.”

It was, however, learnt that one of the victims is Zafir Yahaya, the first son of a prominent politician in the state, Mr Yahaya Adams, popularly called Majo.

 

As gathered by EKOHOTBLOG, the incident was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr Abubakar Ibrahim.

He, however, denied that those victims were students of the Federal University of Lafia.

Ibrahim said, “None of our students was kidnapped by suspected kidnappers. The incident happened outside the university.

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“No report from any parent regarding the abduction of their children schooling in our institution.”

Meanwhile, the Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Nansel Ramhan, said the command only had about the incident on social media, but immediately drafted men to the scene of the incident to investigate how it happened.

He added that no official complaint has been made yet to the command, assuring that an investigation was ongoing to unravel the rationale behind the invasion of the area.

The police spokesperson noted that no arrest has been made to that effect, saying, “The command is yet to receive an official complaint from the institution.”

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