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The police in Enugu State have confirmed the abduction of three students of Enugu State College of Health Technology in the Oji-River local government area of the state.
SaharaReporters reported on Friday that three students of the college were abducted.
According to the report, the incident which happened on Wednesday evening raised concerns and tensions in the college and its environs, leading students to desert the college.
Sources from the school told SaharaReporters that gunmen suspected to be kidnappers invaded the students’ halls of residence at about 7 pm on Wednesday evening and abducted the students unhindered.
However, in a statement on Saturday night, the Command’s spokesman DSP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the incident, noting that two had been rescued while three others were still missing.
However, Ndukwe dismissed the viral video alleging that many students were kidnapped at the college as false, describing it as an act of “mischief and misinformation aimed at misleading and creating panic among unsuspecting citizens”.
The statement partly reads: “Contrary to the spurious narrative in the viral video, in the evening hours of August 15, 2024, Police Operatives at the Oji-River Division of the Command received information alleging an act of abduction around the said college.
“They immediately hastened to the scene, rescuing two of the victims allegedly abducted, while three others are yet-to-be found. However, vigorous operations are ongoing to locate and rescue them, as well as apprehend the abductors.
“A preliminary investigation proves that the victims were driving out of the college, when the seemingly targeted incident occurred.”
The Command’s spokesperson noted that the Commissioner, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, has ordered the operatives to ensure that the missing victims are found and rescued, and that the perpetrators are rescued.
He, however, quoted the commissioner to have cautioned against such mischievous and malicious social media narratives, aimed at creating unwarranted panic and jeopardising police operational and investigative actions over such incidents.
