Recent reports from Kogi state reveals that two students and a lecturer of the newly established Kogi State University of Science and technology, Itakpe were kidnapped in the early hours of today, Monday 30th August.
The students and the lecturer were reportedly kidnapped by hoodlums while returning from a night vigil at the Living Faith Church Osara, a distance of about five minutes drive from their school.
According to the report by The Sun, the kidnappers who were said to be carrying various dangerous weapons including Ak 47 riffles were said to have swooped on them at the Abuja- Lokoja–Okene highway on their way back to school and forcefully dragged them into the forest.
Kogi State University of Science and technology, Itakpe was established in 2020 and the students kidnapped are one of the pioneer students.
A community leader in Osara who asked that his name be not disclosed confirmed the incident. He furthered described the highway as “very dangerous to ply for motorists” especially those on night journeys. He said in this year alone, not fewer than 12 cases of robbery and kidnaping have been recorded in the area and said the communities living around the highway are daily living in fear.
He also called on the state government, the police and other security agencies in the state to do more to arrest the security situation in the state.
One of the principal staff of the new institution who also pleaded for anonymity confirmed the incident and said the university community has been thrown into panic as a result of the incident.
The Kogi state police public relations officer, Willy Aya said he was yet to be briefed about the incident.