Vice Chancellor, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Prof. Yohana Izam
By YUSUFU IDEGU, Jos-
The Vice Chancellor, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Prof. Yohana Izam, has confirmed the release of a student of the institution, Stanley Showul-Mushi, kidnapped by gunmen on Thursday.
Pof. Izam, who disclosed the rescue of the final year accounting student to newsmen on Saturday in Jos, said it was gratifying that the student was eventually released by his captors on Friday evening.
Recalled that the victim, Showul-Mushi was reportedly returning to the campus from Bokkos town when the incident happened.
It was learnt that the victim, unfortunately, entered the kidnappers’ car and they took the N3,000 in his pocket and cleared the money in his bank account with his Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card.
Reacting to his release, Prof. Izam, said: “As an institution, we are grateful for the safe return of our hitherto missing student who came back unhurt”.
“Our earlier caution to our students to minimise off-campus late evening and night shuttles is still relevant”.
”The university axis from Bokkos through Diram and Ndar has been infiltrated by merchants of crime who cash in on the vulnerability of the largely defenceless students’ population,” Izam said.
He, however, commended the security operatives involved in the operation that led to the release of Showul-Mushi.