The students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) in Nasarawa State took to the streets on Thursday in protest over the increasing spate of bandits attacks and abductions.
The school’s hostels have witnessed invasion by bandits in recent times with scores of students ferried away to an unknown destination.
The latest attack on Wednesday night saw all the occupants of an off-campus hostel named Confidence Lodge, except two students, abducted.
The two students who escaped abduction hid in their ceilings, according to Ibrahim Ismaila, president of FULafia’s student union.
“We went with security officials from the university and also invited soldiers who stormed the vicinity with their vehicles. But before we got there, the attackers had escaped,” Ismaila added.
The students’ protest was to demand an end to the insecurity plaguing the university.
The police, however, stormed the venue and fired tear gas to disperse the protesters.
The university’s public relations officer, Abubakar Ibrahim, told the press that the school authorities cannot ascertain the exact number of students abducted, but said they were “between three to five.”
Ibrahim said the university is working hard to provide enough accommodations on campus for students to curtail the frequent attacks.
