Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has vowed to secure the safe return of kidnapped students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) Osara.
Gunmen broke into the university campus on Thursday and kidnapped a dozen students.
Governor Ododo made this known when he visited the university campus on an assessment of the security situation in the wake of the security breach on the campus that led to the abduction of the students.
He assured that every necessary step including non-kinetic measures have been activated to ensure the safe return of the abducted students.
While assuring members of the university community of efforts by the government to improve the existing security architecture on the campus, Governor Ododo promised that he will do whatever it takes to return all the abducted students back to the university and to reunite them with their families and friends.
“It is our duty as a government to protect lives and property in all parts of the state. We are prepared to protect the students and that is why we allowed the students to stay on the campus.
“We installed CCTV cameras in all the classrooms and the entire perimeter of the university campus yet on the day of the attack, our investigation so far revealed that all the cameras were switched off and this can only be attributed to sabotage by internal collaborators.
Our security agencies are on their heels and investigation is ongoing. All our students shall return safely and the perpetrators shall be brought to book”, the Governor assured.
