Armed
men reportedly stormed a hostel in Ilishan Remo area of Ogun State,
South-West Nigeria on Sunday and abducted one Miss Justina Anochie, a student
of nursing at Babcock University.
The
kidnappers were said to have invaded the hostel located in an isolated area off
campus at about 9p.m. Their attempt to also abduct a male student in the same
hostel failed as he reportedly fled. The nursing student, who wrote her final
examination in May, was waiting to complete her clearance before joining her
family in Abuja, when the incident occurred.
The kidnappers subsequently
contacted her parents and demanded N5 million ransom. They were said to have
also ordered the parents to withdraw the case from the police. Pleas by
Justina’s mother for them to reduce the ransom failed. A student in the same
hostel said: “No one even knew what happened until they left. We did not hear
the noise because our power generating set was on. “But for the male student
that ran away, no one would have known what happened. He was with Justina when
the uninvited visitors came.”
Police
sources at Ogun State Police Command hinted that investigation was still
ongoing.
Culled from: Vanguard Newspaper
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