Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted some students of the Naval College of Engineering, Sapele, in the Edo State.
The students on their way from Kaduna were said to be travelling in commercial vehicles when they were ambushed and kidnapped along Sapele-Warri road.
A source said: “They were on their way to Navy Engineering College, Sapele in Delta State.”
It was gathered that policemen from the Edo State Command, acting on intelligence report, rescued most of the victims, while five are still missing.
Edo State Police spokesperson, Kontongs Bello, said: “Students of Naval College of Engineering, Sapele, traveling from Kaduna to Sepele in a commercial bus and Sienna bus on the 26th of July, 2021 were intercepted by hoodlums at Irukpen. Our operatives rescued most of them, remaining only five and bush combing is still on”.
