Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded the Federal College of Forestry in Kaduna State, abducting several students.
The college is located a few meters away from the Nigerian Defence Academy in the Mando area of Kaduna State.
The spokesperson of Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jaligo, confirmed the incident to newsmen that the attacker invaded the college located at Mando area in the outskirts of Kaduna metropolis at about 3am on Friday and abducted some students.
He said the authority is yet to ascertain the number of students kidnapped in the Federal institution.
He explained that security operatives were mobilized to the college upon hearing the invasion and were able to secure the remaining students.
The police authority said that an investigation is ongoing to ascertain the actual number of students kidnapped with a view to track down the gunmen and rescue the victims.
The fresh abduction comes 48 hours after the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, presented the 2020 security situation reports to Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
Aruwan said bandits killed no fewer than 937 persons, kidnapped 1,972 persons in the state in 2020.
On his part, Governor El-Rufai had ruled out the possibility of his administration to negotiate or grant amnesty to bandits.
