From Our Correspondent
Yet-to-be-identified gunmen reportedly abducted some female students of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University in Makurdi, Benue State.
The four students were abducted on Tuesday evening at the university’s North Core campus.
They were headed for “night class,” a practice of late-night studying in Nigerian campuses.
The gunmen invaded the hostel area of the campus before abducting the four students.
Moments after the incident, operatives of the Nigerian Army arrived the school.
The state police spokesperson, Sewuese Anene told newsmen yesterday that a report received by the police indicated that only two students were kidnapped.
Anene added that the police have launched an investigation into the matter.
The Markurdi incident is the latest in a series of abductions targeted at tertiary school students in recent years.
In August 2024, at least 20 medical and dental students were kidnapped in Benue State while travelling to a convention in Enugu.
In September 2023, gunmen abducted approximately, 20 students from a university in Zamfara State.
At Greenfield University in Kaduna State, at least 20 students and two staff members were kidnapped in April 2021.
Tragically, five students were killed during captivity before the remaining hostages were released after a month.
