Gunmen attack private university, kidnap students in Kaduna

Gunmen suspected kidnappers have abducted some students during an attack on a private university in Kaduna state on Tuesday night.

The academic institution, Greenfield University, is located along the Kaduna–Abuja highway in Chikun local government area, and also the first private university in the state established three years ago.

The latest incident is the first major attack that bandits will launch on communities around the Kaduna-Abuja highway since 300 female soldiers were deployed to the general area in January this year.

The commissioner for internal affairs in Kaduna state,  Samuel Aruwan, who  confirmed the incident to newsmen did not specify the number of students abducted.

Eyewitnesses, said the gunmen stormed the university last night and started shooting sporadically, before taking some of the students away.

The locals said that the university with about forty students population does not have enough security on the ground, despite being located in one of the epicentres of kidnapping, a situation which they believe made it easier for the bandits to gain easy access into the institution.