…as another gun down four workers in Imo
The Management of Zamafara School of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura, has confirmed the kidnap of 15 students of the school and four staff by gunmen.
Malam Atiku Aliyu, the Deputy Registrar of the school, who confirmed the attack to newsmen on Monday, said the incident occurred on Sunday.
Aliyu said those abducted also included three female and a male member of staff.
He said the gunmen killed three others-a policeman and two security guards, during the attack.
Aliyu said that they stormed the school at about 10:00 p.m., shot the policeman and the two security guards dead, before moving into the hostel and staff quarters to abduct the victims.
The deputy registrar appealed to the security agencies to come to the aid of the school.
Meanwhile, in Imo State, some gun-totting hoodlums have also killed four workers of Lee Engineering Company in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government area.
It was gathered that the oil workers were attacked on Monday on the way to their workplace, in Assa Community.
Four persons died instantly while many others sustained injuries, it was gathered.
The oil plant in the community, sources said, was under construction by the oil company.
Confirming the incident, the national president of Congress of Ohaji Youths, Emmanuel Ugorji, said some community leaders and security agents have visited the scene.
He urged the government to beef up security in the area, noting that gunmen were terrorising the area in recent times.
Ugorji said, “The first attack by this group was an attack on Oil Serve company and the second one was the kidnapping of the Cluster Development Board Chairman, Godswill Uzomba, whose whereabouts have remained unknown for three months now and followed by burning of ZEROC equipment at Watersmith industrial park by a known criminal gang.”
The president-general of the Assa autonomous community, Bartholomew Obodo, also confirmed the attack to newsmen.