Bandits invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara in Kogi State around 9pm on Thursday night and abducted some students. According to eye witness accounts, the bandits went into 3 lecture halls and abducted students who were preparing for their first-semester examination scheduled to commence on Monday, May 13, 2024.


Confidential sources said that more students would have been abducted, if not for the intervention of local security guards and law enforcement agencies.

The institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdulraman Asipita confirmed the incident but could not account for the number of students abducted.

More details later.