Gunmen attack Nasarawa Poly Students, 3 injured, one kidnapped

The Nasarawa State Police Command announced yesterday that three students from the ISA Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic in the heart of the state capital, Lafia, were shot by gunmen suspected of being kidnappers.

The command also confirmed the kidnapping of a female polytechnic student.

According to the Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, the female polytechnic student was abducted during a robbery.

It was gathered that the three students shot were receiving treatment in the state-owned specialist hospital and are said to be in a stable condition while the abducted student, simply identified as Ajomuke, is an ND ll student of the Department of Science Laboratory Technology of the institution.

The male students shot during the raid were identified as Freedom Luka, HND l Public Administration; Ogwuche Janet, HND II Business Administration and Danlandi Nicholas of Management Department.

One of the female students, who narrowly escaped the robbery attack, who did not want her name mentioned, claimed that she was returning home when they heard sporadic shooting ahead of them and they were forced to make a U-turn and went to one of their colleagues’ house, where they hid.

She appealed to the security agencies to step up surveillance around the institution to forestall further attack on the students and other residents in the area.