- Safiu Kehinde
At least six students of the Nasarawa State University have been abducted by suspected gunmen on Thursday.
This was confirmed in a statement issued by the Nasarawa Police Command’s spokesperson, Ramhan Nansel.
According to Nansel, the Command received a distress call reporting that a group of unidentified armed persons had in the early hours of Thursday, stormed a students’ lodge located at Anguwar Ninzo, Gudi, Akwanga Local Government Area of the state.
The six victims who are all students of the Faculty of Engineering were reportedly abducted alongside one other victim who was reportedly visiting one of the students at the time of the incident.
They were taken to an unknown destination.
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Nansel disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, Shetima Jauro Mohammed, had visited the scene for an on-the-spot assessment.
Jauro, according to the police spokesperson, ordered the redeployment of the Area Commander, Akwanga, to coordinate field operations in the area pending the rescue of the victims
Meanwhile, a combined security team comprising personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services (DSS), the Military, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC), the Vigilante groups and other tactical units of the Command have been deployed to track down the abductors, rescue the victims unhurt and bringing the perpetrators to justice.
In the meantime, the Command urges the public to remain calm and appeal for useful information that could aid the operation to be reported to the nearest police station or any other security agency.