The last eight kidnapped Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara students have been freed, according to the Kogi State Government.
According to information obtained by our correspondent, the pupils were saved in a Kwara State forest during an operation that was coordinated with the state government.
In a statement released on Sunday, the state’s commissioner of information, Kingsley Fanwo, stated that the governor has given the pupils and their parents his undivided support while steps are taken to make the state safer for everyone.
The statement read, “The government of Kogi State expresses profound gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for directing the mobilisation of resources to ensure the rescue of the kidnapped students. We also thank the National Security Adviser immensely for his commitment to the release of the students and the general security of the State”
“We also greatly appreciate the efforts of the Kogi State Command, which includes all security agencies, the Police, the DSS, the NSCDC, and our local hunters, in achieving this success.”
Fanwo stated that the administration will keep working to reevaluate its security architecture and give the Safe School Initiative more consideration now that the remaining pupils have been saved.
“Kogi has brought the Child Rights Act home, and we will stand up for our kids’ right to a top-notch education.” Education is free in Kogi State all the way up to secondary school. We also allocate a budget far in excess of the UNESCO education norm to cover the registration fees for our pupils to take all internal and external exams.
The statement said, “We take all of these steps to educate our children and prepare them to be responsible contributors to Nigeria’s economy.”
To help security services stop crime, the governor asked the public to always provide intelligence. Better for all of us, safer, and less expensive.
“To defeat banditry, kidnapping, and any form of criminality in our society, we must unite as a society,” he continued.
Bertrand Onuoha, the commissioner of Kogi State Police, announced last week that two Confluence State University students who had been kidnapped recently in the state’s Osara region had died.
“Yes, two of them were found to have been shot this morning,” he stated when asked to confirm the killing.
When the police commissioner spoke with reporters last Sunday in Lokoja, the state capital, he did not, however, elaborate.
