Unknown gunmen have reportedly kidnapped seven off-campus students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) in the earlier hours of Tuesday.
According to sources, the incident occurred around 1:00 am when the students were studying for their ongoing second-semester examination.
The kidnappers, numbering about five, stormed the hostel, broke into the room where the students were reading, forced them into a waiting vehicle, and zoomed off.
It was reported that the kidnappers held the students hostage at gunpoint for almost thirty minutes before they were forcefully led out of the premises.
Residents of the hostel, who were aware of the invasion, could not come out until the kidnappers left the scene.
The next after the incident, it was said that the institution’s representatives visited the off-campus hostel on Wednesday, June 14, for first-hand information.
Although the kidnappers have started calling their victims’ families for ransom, Plateau police spokesman, DSP Alfred Alabo promised men of the Command have launched a probe into the matter to rescue to victims.
