Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted six students of the Nigerian Law School in Benue while travelling to resume academic activities at the institution’s Yola Campus in Adamawa State.
The abduction, TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) understands occurred in the evening of Saturday, July 26, along the volatile Wukari-Benue border axis, a highway notorious for kidnappings, armed robbery, and sporadic attacks by criminal groups.
The students who were identified as: Rev. Ernest Okafor, Ogbuka Fabian, Nwamma Philip, Okechukwu Obadiegwu, Obalem Emmanuel and Obiorah David was said to be travelling from Onitsha, Anambra State, following the completion of their mandatory court externship programme.
The Yola Law School Campus is scheduled to reopen on Monday, July 28.
Confirming the incident, a fellow student, Damilare Adenola, expressed deep concern about the safety of his colleagues.
“Six students of the Nigerian Law School have been reportedly kidnapped by suspected armed bandits while travelling to resume school after their court externship break,” he said.
A student union leader at the Yola campus, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, confirmed that the abduction had been reported to the authorities.
“We are all in shock here in Yola. We’ve been in contact with the Adamawa State Police Command, but we’ve also been told that the incident happened outside their jurisdiction. We are waiting and praying for more concrete updates,” the student leader said.
