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Two of abducted Abia university students escape from abductors – Official
“One escaped from inside the jungle where they took them to, while the other escaped at the point of interception, where they were taken.”
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Two of the Abia State University students who were abducted on Wednesday evening have escaped from their abductors, the Commissioner for Information in the state, John Kalu, has said.
The students were abducted inside a commercial vehicle along a highway in Okigwe, Imo State.
Mr Kalu told PREMIUM TIMES, Thursday evening, that only one student was being held captive by the abductors, from the information available to the Abia State Government.
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2021-05-06 17:31:08 GMT2021-05-07 01:31:08(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ABUJA, May 6 (Xinhua) An unknown number of Nigerian university students were kidnapped while on a journey via bus late Wednesday by a group of gunmen in south Nigeria, an official said on Thursday.
Some students of the Abia State University and other passengers were moving in a minibus on Wednesday evening when they ran into the gunmen along a road near the city of Okigwe in the neighboring state of Imo, said John Kalu, the commissioner for information in Abia state.
Kalu told reporters in Umuahia, the state capital of Abia at a press briefing, that two among the students escaped during the attack while other victims have been whisked by the gunmen into a forest in the region.
Gunmen have reportedly abducted a yet-to-be-determined number of students of the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), the state government said on Thursday.
According to a statement signed by the State’s Commissioner of Information, John Kalu, the students were abducted along the Okigwe-Uturu road in the state.
“Preliminary information available to us indicates that the students were moving in a mini van from Okigwe to Uturu between 7pm – 8pm when they ran into the armed gang who marched them into the nearby forest along with other yet to be identified travelers,” the statement said.
“Two of the students managed to escape from the hoodlums while others are still being held at a yet to be identified location.