News | Job Vacancy | Tv/Interviews | Scholarships | Educations | Entertainment | Biography | Got Talent's | Phones | Super Stories | Sports News | Comedies | Business | Relationship | Tech | Movies Series | Search
Posted by: Yakub Oloyede« on: May 09, 2021, 03:38:47 AM »The only student of Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, still left in the custody of a criminal gang, which abducted some persons while journeying along the Okigwe-Uturu Road, has been released. Governor Okezie Ikpeazu made this known this evening via his official Twitter handle@GovernorIkpeazu. Governor Ikpeazu,who thanked God, security agencies and the management of ABSU for the release of the abducted student, expressed joy at the development and vowed that he will surely take justice to those involved in the kidnap and will not share the State with criminal elements. His full tweet reads: “It is with exceedingly great joy and a very pleasant sense of relief that I announce that the only kidnapped ABSU student who was still in custody of the hoodlums that abducted some people a few days ago along the Okigwe-Uturu Road has been freed. I spoke with her and …her mother minutes ago and want to thank God, our security agents and the management of ABSU for a job well done leading to this good news. Our administration has since taken measures to strengthen security around the area where the incident happened and even beyond it ensure security of lives and property which remains my number one assignment as Governor and it is one duty I will never take lightly. We will surely take justice to those who abducted our student as we will not cohabit this state with criminals”. DAILY POST gathered that the yet-to-be-confirmed number of students were kidnapped while transiting on a bus on Okigwe-Uturu Road. Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor of the Abia State University, Professor O. M Ogbulu confirmed that two of the students escaped from the hoodlums while one student was still being held by them. Addressing journalists in a press conference held in Umuahia, on Friday, Vice-Chancellor had assured that the school authority was working assiduously with security agencies to ensure the release of the students and prosecution of the culprits.
"Oodua Festival to hold June 23rd - 25th in Osun" - FTAN by Miss Ifeoluwa
[May 21, 2024, 07:28:27 PM] Generator fumes kill 7 friends inside studio in Bayelsa by Rajih [May 21, 2024, 03:37:20 PM] CBN raises interest rate to 26.25% amid rising inflation by Rajih [May 21, 2024, 03:35:56 PM] Watch You Can’t Run Forever – Movie Review And Mp4 Trailer by Mr. Babatunde [May 21, 2024, 04:14:28 AM] Eminem Teases New Music For Next Week by Mr. Babatunde [May 21, 2024, 04:06:53 AM]
|