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The assailants were said to have shot sporadically in the air to scare away residents and passersby before abducting a lecturer and two students of the institution.
The students were said to be writing their second semester examinations at the time of the attack.
Confirming the incident, Bello Kontongs, spokesperson of the state police command, said the attack happened in the evening.
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In December,
gunmen had kidnapped Anthony Okungbowa, the head of service in the state, killing his driver in the process.
In January, Bridget Esene, spokesperson of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Edo Command, was kidnapped by gunmen while on her way to church in Benin, the state capital.
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ADEYINKA ADEDIPE writes on the rising insecurity in Edo State as characterised by kidnapping and killings, and the effects on residents
The activities of kidnappers and killer herdsmen in the past few months in Edo State have thrown the residents into panic despite assurances by the government and the state police command that lives and property are safe.
It is bad enough that night life is non-existent again in the state due to the fear caused by insecurity, but more worrisome is the fact that kidnappers have found a way to beat the system despite several arrests made by the police in recent times.
The incident happened on Monday night when Igboho stormed the troubled area in Yewaland.
However, the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, yesterday told newsmen in Abeokuta that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the crime.
Oyeyemi also disclosed that there have been attacks in the past three days on herdsmen settlements in Yewaland.
According to him, the settlements affected have been in existence in the area for many years, in some cases for over 20 years, and inhabited mainly by Nigerian herdsmen of Fulani extraction, some of whom he said were born and brought up in the area, and speak the Yoruba language with proverbs fluently.
People who spoke to
Daily Trust said it would require political will and active support of various stakeholders nationwide, devoid of mutual suspicion, ethnic and religious profiling, to surmount the daunting security breaches in almost all the geopolitical zones of the country.
South-West
Kidnapping, banditry, communal unrests, farmers/herders clashes and cultism are becoming a norm in the South-Western part of Nigeria.
In fact, the six states in the region are witnessing a surge in such criminal activities. As such, many lives and valuables have been lost.
Just last week, at least one person was killed in a clash between two rival cult groups at Coker-Aguda, Surulere, Lagos.