The Police Command in Benue State has confirmed the kidnapping of two female students from Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, on the night of Saturday, May 25.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi on Wednesday.
Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, a federal university named after the late minority rights activist Senator Joseph Tarka by the Buhari administration, was the scene of the kidnapping.
Anene stated that the incident occurred around 11 p.m. along the North Bank/Uniagric Road, not within the university campus. According to her, the unknown gunmen blocked the road, attacked, and abducted the victims before security operatives could arrive at the scene.
“It was in the night when some armed men came out, attacked, and took them away before the arrival of the Police,” she said. The attackers also took the car and all its occupants away.
Anene mentioned that both the family and the university have notified the Command, and an investigation into the matter is ongoing.
NAN’s investigation revealed that one of the students is from the Department of Biology Education, while details of the other student have not yet been made available.