Abducted Taraba University students have been freed

After being abducted two weeks ago, two Federal University Wukari students are now free.

This was revealed in a WhatsApp message that our journalist received on Friday from Mrs. Ashu Agbu, the head of the institution’s information and protocol unit.

“The two students of the Federal University Wukari who were kidnapped regained their freedom last night after spending days in the hands of their abductors,’  she stated.

She did not, however, elaborate on the circumstances surrounding the students’ release. But the kidnappers want a N50 million ransom last week.

On Wednesday, April 3 at approximately 10:00 p.m., the two students were taken from a nearby business near the school.

Due to a carryover from their previous session when the incident occurred, the students, Joshua Sardauna from the Economics Department and Obianu Elizabeth from the Microbiology Department, returned to the school to retake their exams. 

It was reported that on Monday, April 3, 2024, gunmen who appeared to be herdsmen broke into Taraba State’s Federal University Wukari and kidnapped two students.

Over the phone with media in Jalingo, university Chief Security Officer Mr. Sule Gani verified the occurrence.

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Gani claimed that the attackers, who he identified as armed Fulani herders, kidnapped a male and a female former university student who had come to write their carry-over papers.

He claimed that two youngsters who were eating at a food vendor shop on campus were kidnapped by the herdsmen after they broke into the school.

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