TENSION As GUNMEN Invade Confluence University, Whisk Away Several Students Studying For Exams Amidst Heavy Gunfire [Video]
Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara, Okene in Kogi, was the target of kidnappers suspected to be bandits on Thursday night, 9th May 2024 who took some of the students hostage and fled with them to an unknown location.
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When approached, a witness who talked with news reporters claimed that the armed men showed up and invaded the tertiary institution at around 9:00 p. m when the students were finishing up their exam preparations. The pupils were startled when they fired gunshots into the air and burst through the bushes into three lecture halls.
“They 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”.
“By the time local security guards and the conventional security men at the gate engaged the bandits, they had already succeeded in abducting some students. But the efforts minimised the damage as the attackers didn’t go beyond the first three halls”, the source noted.
In addition, the source went on to say that when the bandits attacked, the students were getting ready for their first semester exam, which was set to begin on Monday, May 13 2024.
Speaking in anonymity, a student from
the targeted institution noted that he and a few other students took cover in the bushes and stayed there for more than an hour in order to evade being captured by the menacing armed men.
“We only ventured out when everywhere became quiet”, he said.
In response to the above-mentioned occurrence, the Vice- chancellor of CUSTEC Abdulraman Asipita did not provide information regarding the number of students taken hostage despite confirming the occurrence.
“I don’t talk to journalists about incidents like this, but I want you to know that we are on top of the situation, he said as the police authorities in the state are also yet to give comments on the occurrence.
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