Gunmen have abducted two female students of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

It was gathered that one of the students is in the Department of Biology Education while details of the other student have yet to be ascertained.

The institution is a federal university named after the late minority rights activist, Joseph Tarka, by former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

A source in the university disclosed that a man drove into the campus on Saturday, May 25, 2024, picked the students and while driving into the North Bank town, picked another lady before they were attacked.

The source added that he initially thought it was armed robbery until the kidnappers contacted the family of the students.

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Confirming the incident on Wednesday, Benue State Police Public Relations Officer SP Sewuese Anene said the two female students were abducted at about 11 p.m. on Saturday.

Anene said the incident occurred along North Bank/Uniagric Road and not within the university campus.

She disclosed that the gunmen blocked the road, attacked, and took the victims before security operatives could arrive the scene of the incident.

She said the assailants took a car and abducted all the occupants.

The police spokesperson added that both the family and the university have notified the command, noting that an investigation into the incident was ongoing.

The university management has however yet to speak on the students’ abduction.

The Star