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GUNMEN suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have kidnapped a yet-to-be-identified group of students traveling along the East-West in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state.
It was gathered that the students were in a Sienna vehicle when they were hijacked Friday while coming from Calabar at the Evwreni axis of the East-West Road.
Naigist News understands that the students were coming from Calabar, Cross River capital, when their Sienna vehicle was attacked on Friday evening.
Bright Edafe, Delta police spokesperson in Delta, confirmed the incident to Naigist News on Monday.
Edafe said the police are currently on the trail of the abductors to rescue the students
The incident adds to the growing list of abductions of students in the country.
On March 7, gunmen kidnapped 137 students of Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School in Kuriga community in Kaduna.
Two days later, gunmen kidnapped 15 students from a Tsangaya school in Gidan Baya, Gada LGA of Sokoto.
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