BREAKING: Tension as Gunmen Storm Kogi Varsity, Abduct Students, Details Emerge

• Kogi varsity, the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC) in Osara, Okene, has become the latest institution to experience gunmen attacks and student abduction
• The gunmen were said to have come into the university through the forest and started shooting sporadically at the students reading ahead of their Monday exams
• Prof. Abdulraman Asipita, the vice-chancellor of the university, has confirmed the attack but did not reveal the number of abducted students

Okene, Kogi – Some bandits reportedly invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC) in Osara, Okene, in Kogi state, and took some students with them.

According to an eyewitness, the bandits stormed the institution at about 9 pm when the students were preparing for their upcoming examinations.

Bandits attacked Kogi varsity, kidnapped students
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How bandits kidnapped Kogi varsity students

The eyewitness said the bandits entered the university through the bush, went straight into the lecture hall where the students were reading and began to spot sporadically.

Here is the eyewitness’ comment:

“They trapped the students inside the halls and started taking them; the school was thrown into total confusion as fear-stricken students in other halls scurried to safety, scampering in various directions.

“By the time local security guards and the conventional security men at the gate engaged the bandits, they had already succeeded in abducting some students. But the efforts minimised the damage as the attackers didn’t go beyond the first three halls.”

VC confirms bandits attack in CUSTEC

The source further disclosed that the students were preparing for their first-semester exams, which will commence on Monday, May 13, when the assailants struck.

Another student who spoke anonymously said he and some colleagues hid in the bush for over an hour.

He said:

“We only ventured out when everywhere became quiet.”

The vice chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdulraman Asipita, has confirmed the attack but did not give details of the number of students abducted.

Source: TheTalk.NG

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