A PhD student from the Department of Mass Communication at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, identified as Docrcas Chioma Agabison, who was kidnapped by unknown assailants on Sunday has regained her freedom.
According to Alex Onyia, the CEO of Educare, who posted about the incident on X (formerly Twitter), Chioma was reportedly taken from within the school premises.
Onyia also mentioned that the kidnappers are demanding a ransom of ten million Naira for her release.
He wrote: “Yesterday, Dorcas who is a PHD student of the Department of Mass Communicaton, University of Nigeria Nsukka was kidnapped inside the school premises.
“She left the PD hostel, Peter Odili Hall around 6am to jog, which she does regularly inside the school taking the same axis. An hour later they called demanding a ransom of 10M. We cant let this lady’s life terminated.”
Confirming Agabison’s release, the Public Relations Officer of the university’s Odili Postgraduate Hall, Joy Adikpe in a statement on Sunday evening, June 22, 2025, disclosed that the student was released unhurt and sound.
“We are relieved to announce that Ms. Dorcas Agabison… has been safely released. We thank God for her safe return, unhurt and sound,” the statement read in part