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Six college students of the Nigerian Regulation College have been reportedly kidnapped by suspected armed bandits whereas travelling to renew on the college’s Yola campus, Adamawa State.
The incident is believed to have occurred within the late hours of Saturday, July 26, 2025, alongside the unstable route between Wukari in Taraba State and components of Benue State.
In line with a fellow scholar of the Yola campus who recognized himself as Johnson, the abductors have contacted households of the victims and are demanding a ransom of N20 million for his or her launch.
The kidnapped college students have been on their manner again to campus after finishing their obligatory courtroom externship, forward of the resumption of educational actions scheduled for Monday, July 28.
These confirmed to be lacking embody Rev. Ernest Okafor, Ogbuka Fabian, Nwamma Philip, Okechukwu Obadiegwu, Obalem Emmanuel, and Obiorah David.
They have been reportedly travelling in a automobile operated by AJ Dan Pullo Transport Firm, a business operator based mostly in Onitsha, Anambra State.
Authorities have but to launch an official assertion.
The Wukari-Benue axis, the place the kidnapping is suspected to have taken place, has lengthy been flagged as a high-risk hall as a consequence of recurring incidents of abduction and violent crime.
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