Police Confirm Killing Of Two Abducted Confluence University Students

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed that two of the abducted students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, were killed by their kidnappers.

Recall that abductors invaded the school around 9.00pmon May 9 while the students were studying in their classes ahead of their examinations slated for May 13 and abducted some students, after shooting sporadically into the air.

The State Police Commissioner, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, said this while speaking with newsmen in Lokoja on Sunday.

Onuoha described the killing by their abductors as very unfortunate.

The Commissioner who did not, however, give the details of the killing, said that the security operatives were on the trail of the abductors to bring them to book.

The Police had rescued 21 of the abducted students with the help of local hunters with a few still in the hands of the abductors.

It had assured that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed the Air Component of Police Security Apparatus, made up of helicopter crew trained for aerial surveillance, monitoring team as well as Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) to sustain the ongoing rescue operation.