Gunmen kidnapped an unknown number of pupils going on the East-West road in Ughelli, Delta State.
The driver of the vehicle escaped unharmed. According to the spokesman of the Delta State Police Command, Edafe Bright, the occupants of the vehicle may have been students returning from their school in Calabar, Cross River State, on Friday night before they were taken from the minibus they were travelling in.
He claims no ransom has been demanded yet. However, the police have already launched a hunt for the abductors and their victims.
“The Command is aware of this ugly incident, and we are doing all it takes to ensure that they are rescued unhurt,” he posted to his Twitter account.
This abduction is coming as some students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) were abducted in Cross River.
The three students, according to a source from the school, are Ojang Precious Ebejin, a 200-level student of the Department of Medicine and Surgery; Ugwu Chukwuemeka, a 300-level student of the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology; and Damilola Dickson, a final year student of the same department.