By Ademola Ade
Abductors of a recent graduate of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Adedoja Hannah, and three others have reportedly demanded N500 million ransom for their release.
The victims were kidnapped on Tuesday night when suspected gunmen invaded a farm along the Akintobi-Alabata axis of Abeokuta, Ogun State, where they were working.
The Students’ Union Government (SUG) of FUNAAB disclosed this in a statement posted on its official Facebook page on Thursday, expressing concern over the victims’ safety and appealing for calm.
Hannah, a recent graduate of the Department of Agricultural Administration, was among the four abducted.
The union said her whereabouts had remained unknown since the incident, while her telephone had been unreachable.
It added that the incident was reported to security authorities and that police rescue operations were ongoing.
The statement urged members of the university community and the public to avoid spreading unverified information capable of undermining security operations.
When contacted, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, confirmed the abduction, saying: “We are on the issue since it happened; rescue operations are in top gear.”
