By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
Suspected armed bandits numbering about 20 on Friday struck at the Federal College of Forestry in Kaduna State and abducted some students, whose exact number was yet uncertain at press time.
The gunmen were said to have arrived the college located few metres away from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in the Mando area of Kaduna State unmolested around 3am.
The spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the incident in Channels Television.
He said that the attackers invaded the college located at Mando area in the outskirts of Kaduna metropolis at about 3am on Friday and abducted some students.
He said that the exact number of students abducted was uncertain, stressing that security operatives were mobilized to the college upon hearing about the attack and were able to secure the remaining students.
The spokesman also said that investigation was ongoing to ascertain the actual number of students that were abducted with a view to track down the gunmen and rescue the victims.
The fresh abduction came 48 hours after the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, presented the 2020 security situation reports to Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
Aruwan said that bandits killed no fewer than 937 persons, kidnapped 1,972 persons in the state in 2020.
Responding, Governor El-Rufai had ruled out the possibility of his administration to negotiate or grant amnesty to bandits.