Bandits, on Thursday night, stormed the Confluence University of Science and Technology, CUSTEC, Osara, Okene in Kogi State, and kidnapped some students.<\/p>\n
According to an eyewitness, the bandits swooped on the university around 9:00 pm while the students were reading for their upcoming exams.<\/p>\n
The source said that the bandits came in through the bush, went into three lecture halls and began to shoot into the air to scare the students.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the time local security guards and the conventional security men at the gate engaged the bandits, they had already succeeded in abducting some students.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the efforts minimised the damage as the attackers didn\u2019t go beyond the first three halls,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n
According to the source, the students were preparing for their first semester examination expected to commence on Monday, May 13, when the bandits struck.<\/p>\n
A student, who craved anonymity, said that he and some colleagues ran to the bush and hid there for \u201cmore than an hour\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe only ventured out when everywhere became quiet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
When contacted, CUSTEC Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdulraman Asipita, confirmed the incident but refused to give details of the number of students abducted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t talk to journalists about incidents like this, but I want you to know that we are on top of the situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Efforts to reach the Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, were not successful.<\/p>\n
The State Security Adviser, Retired Cdre Jerry Omodara, could equally not be reached for comments as calls to his line were not answered nor returned.<\/p>\n
Bandits, on Thursday night, stormed the Confluence University of Science and Technology, CUSTEC, Osara, Okene in Kogi State, and kidnapped some students. According to an eyewitness, the bandits swooped on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n