BANDITS on Thursday night invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara, Okene in Kogi State, abducting some students.
It was gathered that the bandits swooped on the university around 9p.m., while the students were reading for their upcoming examinations, through the bush, went into three lecture halls and began to shoot into the air to scare the students.
A source said: “They trapped the students inside the halls and started taking them. The school was thrown into total confusion, as fear-stricken students in other halls scurried to safety, scampering in various directions.
“By the time local security guards and the conventional security men at the gate engaged the bandits, they had already succeeded in abducting some students.
“But the efforts minimised the damage, as the attackers didn’t go beyond the first three halls.”
A source said the students were preparing for their first semester examination expected to commence on Monday, May 13, when the bandits struck.
A student, who craved anonymity, said he and some colleagues ran into the bush and hid there for over an hour and only ventured out when everywhere became quiet.
When contacted, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdulraman Asipita, confirmed the incident, but refused to give details of the number of students abducted.
He said: “I don’t talk to journalists on incidents like this, but I want you to know that we are on top of the situation.”
