The police in Cross River State have confirmed the abduction of three students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL).
The spokesperson of the command, SP Irene Ugbo, who gave the confirmation, said the students were abducted on Thursday night at one of the university hostels inside the campus.
Ugbo, who did not give details of the abduction, however, said the police are working in collaboration with other agencies to rescue the students.
According to the university authorities, the abducted are Dickson Oluwadamilola Ayomide of Genetics and Biotechnology, Ojang Precious Ebijin of Medicine, and Surgery and Ugwu Chukwuemeka, also of Genetics and Biotechnology Departments.
source who pleaded anonymity gave the name of one of the students as Ojang Precious Ebejin, a 200-level student of the Department of Medicine and Surgery.
The others are Ugwu Chukwuemeka, a 300-level student of the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, and Damilola Dickson, a final-year student of the same Department.
