At least, six students of the Nigerian Law School have been abducted by gunmen in Benue while travelling from Onitsha, Anambra State, to Yola, Adamawa State.
The incident happened late Saturday while they were travelling from Onitsha, Anambra State, to Yola, Adamawa State, to to resume academic activities at the Yola campus of the Nigerian Law School, scheduled to reopen on Monday, July 28, after their court externship break.
A fellow student at the Yola campus, Damilare Adenola, who confirmed their abduction to the press on Sunday gave the name of the victims as, “Rev. Ernest Okafor, Ogbuka Fabian, Nwamma Philip, Okechukwu Obadiegwu, Obalem Emmanuel, and Obiorah David.”
He added that the abduction took place along the route between Wukari in Taraba State and a part of Benue State.
The area is notorious for insecurity and frequent attacks on travellers.
The Benue State Police Command, Anene Catherine, had yet to confirm the incident as at the time of filing this report.
However, the Adamawa State Police Command, Yahaya Suleiman, confirmed that the command was aware of the abduction but said that the incident did not occur within Adamawa’s jurisdiction.
“The abduction did not occur inside Adamawa State. I would encourage you to contact the Benue State Police Command for more details,” he said.
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