The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the release of the three female students kidnapped from Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture in Makurdi.
The students were kidnapped on February 25, 2025, as they returned from a night study session on campus.
This was revealed in a news flash broadcast by the Nigerian Television Authority on Thursday.
Following their abduction, the university management ordered a one-week mid-semester break to address security challenges.
This was stated in an internal memo titled “Security Situation on Campus” written a day after the kidnapping and signed by the Registrar, Dr. John David.
The National Association of Nigerian Students and the Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, had called for increased efforts to achieve their release.
Details about their release have yet to be revealed.
Details later…
