Remember that on Tuesday morning, armed men suspected of being kidnappers stormed the school grounds, kidnapped shooting six students, read here
The ASUU chairman, UNIABUJA, Dr Kassim Umaru, confirmed the abduction and told Channels TV that the institution is working to rescue the victims.
Professor Obansa and his son, Professor Oboscolo, his son and daughters, as well as Sambo Mohammed and Dr. Tobins, he claims, have been kidnapped.
"Please, we need your prayers for their safe return," the ASUU chairman said in a message.
In other news, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command has increased security at the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) main and satellite campuses following an armed infiltration of the institution in the early hours of Tuesday.
This was contained in a statement by the FCT police spokesperson, Joseph Adeh, a deputy superintendent of police, on Tuesday.
POLICE FORTIFY SECURITY IN AND AROUND THE UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA – As CP Babaji Sunday reassures residents of the FCT, safety and protection of lives and property.
Its reads:
The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, CP Babaji Sunday has dispatched additional tactical and conventional policing resources to the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) main and satellite campuses as well as the staff quarters and other affiliate formations of the university, to fortify security, improve public safety and protect citizens in and around the university community.
The CP gave the order following report that some yet to be identified armed criminals invaded the UNIABUJA Staff Quarters located at the GIRI area of the FCT in the early hours of today, 2nd November, 2021.
The CP noted that a combined team of the Police and personnel of the Nigerian Army 176 Guards Battalion were swiftly mobilized to the area to protect the citizens.
Preliminary investigations, however, revealed that six (6) persons were allegedly abducted into the forest by the criminals on sighting the security operatives.
The CP, while calling for calm, further noted that the security forces are already working with the locals in the area toward rescuing the victims.
He assured that the perpetrators would be arrested and brought to book. 4. On this note, the Command pledges its undeterred resolve to ensure lives and properties of residents within the FCT are protected and urge them to report all suspicious movements, emergency or distress, through these numbers: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653 and 08028940883.
DSP Josephine Adeh ANIPR, Police Public Relations Officer, For: The Commissioner of Police FCT Police Command, Abuja.
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