Gunmen attack CUSTEC University in Kogi, abduct students

The Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC) Osara in Kogi has been attacked by gunmen. 

According to TheCable, the bandits broke into the campus on Thursday night about nine o'clock. The incident happened in the classroom as pupils were reading for an upcoming exam. 

A student, who requested to remain anonymous, said that she and a few other students were receiving lessons in "Class LR5" when they heard a gunshot. The student reported being startled by the first gunshot boom and the rapid succession of gunfire that followed.

“We started scampering for safety and it appeared that the gunshots were coming from class LR3, where some students were also reading,” she said.

“I did not know where to run to. When I peeped through the window, I saw our security guard returning fire.”

The source disclosed that some students who managed to escape said the bandits were shooting at them as they fled the scene.

“This morning, we cannot find some of our course mates. Their phone lines are not reachable. We even saw someone’s phone on the floor. We don’t know the number of students that have been kidnapped,” the student said.

The Kogi police spokesperson, William Ovye Aya, has not yet returned calls or texts regarding the incident.

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