Gunmen believed to be cultists have invaded and abducted about five students of the Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwu, Port Harcourt, at their off-campus residence in Emuoha Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday.
Recall that students leaving outside the Rivers state university Emuoha satellite campus had last week protested the frequent attacks and harassment they experience and asked on the school management to move them to the main campus in Port Harcourt.
However, the Rivers state University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Zeb-Obipi, at a pre-convocation press briefing on Monday, said the university will neither close down the Emuoha campus nor relocate the students because of pockets of criminal incidents there.
He said adequate measures are being taken, including a town hall meeting with the council authority and chiefs, other community stakeholders and security agencies, to ensure the safety of its students and staff dwelling in the region.
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The kidnapping of five undergraduates on Tuesday followed the VC’s promises in Rumuchi/Rumuohia, both in Emuoha LGA, even though the most recent robbery event is said to have occurred in Rumuji.
Following this, spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the kidnapping of the pupils to our correspondent, claiming the assailants are cults.
Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police, said the gun-wielding miscreants struck, shooting intermittently before whisking the children to an unknown place, adding that tactical police troops have been deployed to guarantee the pupils are rescued and culprits apprehended.
She stated, “They were abducted by cultists. In the early hours of Tuesday, a group of cultists numbering five stormed an isolated area of Rumuchi/Rumuohia, shot and abducted five persons to an unknown destination.
“We (police) have put efforts in place for their safe rescue. As I speak, the Commissioner of Police has gone there with tactical teams to ensure they regain their freedom.”
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