Four female undergraduates at the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, formally known as Uni Agric, Makurdi have been kidnapped by unknown assailants.
The reports indicated that the young women were abducted by unknown gunmen on the university premises on Wednesday.
The victims’ names were given as: Emmanuella Msenuter, Orakaa Susan, Iember Apebo, and M. Folashade.
According to sources, the Chairman of Makurdi Local Government, Hon. Keffi has visited the school with a strong security presence to emphatise with the school management and ensure the safety of other students while search and rescue operations are underway.
Efforts to speak with the Dean of Students Affairs at the university was not successful as his phone was permanently engaged.
Meanwhile, the police spokesman of the Benue State Command said he is on his way to access situations personally at the university campus before he can comment.
