Yahaya Idris, Abuja.
The six people kidnapped by bandits at the University of Abuja staff quarters on Tuesday have been successfully rescued by security operatives.
According to sources the victims were rescued at Abaji, along Abuja-Lokoja expressway with the help of the Police and local vigilante.
“The rescued victims are currently at the Abaji police station,” one of the sources said.
It was reported that bandits in their scores invaded the staff quarters of the University of Abuja, located at Giri, along Abuja-Lokoja express way, invaded the staff quarters and made away with six people.
The abducted persons include a nine-year-old son of Prof. Bassey Ubong and his housemaid, one Deputy Registrar identified as Malam Mohammed Sambo, one Prof. Sumaila Obansa Joseph with his son and one Dr. Tobins Ferguson Hamilton.
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Students at both at the mini and main campuses of the University were seen in groups discussing the development, with fear and anxiety.
The bandits were said to have taken advantage of the porosity of the school community and gained entry into the staff quarters through the sign post which is an unfenced part of the quarters, and begun to unleash terror on the residents.
