INSECURITY: Bandits struck UniAbuja, Lecturers abducted

Gunmen suspected to be Bandits at early hours of Tuesday attacked University of Abuja Staff Quarters located at Giri, Gwagwalada FCT and abducted some persons.

According to a resident, there were sporadic gunshots before the abductees were whisked away.

The resident added that the gunmen operated for over two hours without being stopped by the security operatives.

In a statement, FCT Commissioner of Police, Babaji Sunday, said he had dispatched additional tactical and conventional policing resources to the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) main and satellite campuses.

He said he has also directed the operatives to man the staff quarters and other affiliate formations of the university, to fortify security, improve public safety and protect citizens in and around the university community.

The CP noted that a combined team of the police and personnel of the Nigerian Army 176 Guards Battalion were swiftly mobilised to the area to protect the citizens.

“Preliminary investigations however revealed that six (6) persons were allegedly abducted into the forest by the criminals on sighting the security operatives,” he said.

The CP, while calling for calm, stressed that the security forces are already working with the locals in the area toward rescuing the victims.

He assured that the perpetrators would be arrested and brought to book.