Five out of the Seven Students of the University of Jos who were kidnapped by suspected terrorists have regained their freedom.
This was disclosed by the Plateau State Police Command on Saturday in a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Alfred Alabo, in Jos.
The Police also disclosed that one out of the two remaining student was able to escape from the kidnappers but is yet to be found, while the remaining one person is still in captivity.
According to the Police spokesman, the rescue followed the deployment of a combined Team of Police, special Taskforce Operation Safe Haven, hunters and vigilante who had earlier gone after the kidnappers.
It could be recalled that seven students were kidnapped on 13th June, 2023 while studying for their second semester examination at their Bauchi Ring road hostel in Jos, near the former college of Accountancy.
