Some gunmen have abducted four students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja along Akunnu-Ajowa Road in Akoko North Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday.
The students were said to be travellingGunmen to their towns for the yuletide before the gunmen ambushed them on the road and dragged them to the bush.
Confirming the incident, the Ikare Area Commander of the Ondo State Police Command, Mr Muri Agboola, said his men had been combing the forests along the Akunnu-Ajowa Akoko Road to rescue the abducted students.
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This is coming days after a Catholic Priest and Chaplain of St. Mary’s Hospital, Okpoga in Okpokwu Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state, Rev. Fr. Mark Ojotu has been abducted by unknown gunmen.
The cleric was reportedly kidnapped Thursday evening along Okpoga – Ojapo road along the Okpoga – Utonkon road.
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The abduction of the Priest on that axis of the state which has become notorious for the kidnap of commuters came about five months after another Priest, Rev. Fr. Peter Amodu was in a similar fashion waylaid and taken away and later released by armed men along Otukpo – Ugbokolo road while on his way to celebrate the Holy Mass at Okwungaga in the same Okpokwu LGA.
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