Gunmen have Tuesday night attacked Greenfield University, a private tertiary institution, and abducted an unspecified number of students. The abductors who invaded the institution, shot sporadically to scare residents before taken students hostage. The University is situated along Kaduna-Abuja road in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State.


The spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammad Jalige confirmed the incident, saying the attack occurred about 8:15 pm.


“There was an attack yesterday (Tuesday) in Greenfield University along Kaduna-Abuja road around 20:15 hours.


“Some students were abducted, but for now, I am not in a position to say how many students were abducted”, Jalige said.