Three students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) are alleged to have been kidnapped from their hostel.
The incident was confirmed by the Police Command in Cross River in a statement released on Sunday.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, disclosed that the students were taken from one of the university hostels on campus on Thursday night.
While not providing specific details about the incident, Ugbo said that the police were collaborating with other agencies to ensure the safe rescue of the abducted students.
The police quoted an anonymous source to have revealed the names of the abducted students, including Ojang Precious Ebejin, a 200-level student in the Department of Medicine and Surgery, Ugwu Chukwuemeka, a 300-level student in the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, and Damilola Dickson, a final-year student in the same department.