ASUU, angry students demand immediate release of colleagues

Four female students of Joseph Sarwan Tarka University, Makurdi, JoSTM, former Federal University of Agriculture, were Tuesday night abducted on campus by armed men

This came as the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU of the university demanded the immediate release of the kidnapped students, blaming the unfortunate development on the porous security architecture of the school.

A source, a student of the university, who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the four victims identified as Emmanuella, Fola, Susan and Ella, who reside on campus in Zamfara Hostel, were ambushed by five armed men about 8:30p.m., while on their way to one of the lecture halls to read.

The source said there was pandemonium in the institution when the news filtered into the campus as the students trooped outside their hostels in protest and to confirm the actual victims of the incident.

According to her, “We are still in shock over the untoward incident involving four female students who are our friends who were kidnapped on campus last night which is simply unacceptable.

“From information we have, two of the victims have been confirmed to be 300 Level students and they reside here on campus in Zamfara Hostel in the North Core part of the University. They were on their way to one of the lecture halls to read about 8:30p.m., when they walked into an ambush by five gunmen.

“The armed men were said to have surrounded the students and ordered them to accompany them, but they ran into the bush in a bid to escape and at the same time shouted for help, But the armed men cocked their guns and ordered them out of the bush or they would all be killed. The students obeyed, came out and accompanied them. As we speak, we do not know were they have taken them to.