CUSTECH: 6 more students released from abductor’s den

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Six more kidnapped students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, CUSTECH, Osara have been released from their abductors. The Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. This brings the number of kidnapped students rescued to 20 according to the Commissioner.

Fanwo noted that data available to the State Government shows that there are four students yet to be found. The statement reads in part 'The fierce gun battle between security agents and the kidnappers forced the kidnappers to succumb to superior firepower and abandon the kidnapped students. Some of the kidnappers escaped with severe injuries. 'Nine students had been rescued first while five others were found the following morning.

recalls that the Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Ovye Aya in a statement on Monday announced the release of 14 students who were kidnapped by gunmen in Osara last week.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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