Over 150 Benue students in Adamawa state university reported missing

Over 150 Benue State indigenes, schooling in Adamawa State University, Mubi, are missing.

Seventeen out of the over 200 of the students were rescued and conveyed to Makurdi, the state capital on Friday night.



The distressed students, who spoke to newsmen on Friday might at the Makurdi State Government House, where they were lodged, said they escaped the attack on Mubi through “divine intervention”.

One of them, who identified himself as Terna, a 200 Level Business Administration student, said they spent two nights in the bush while trying to find their way to Maiha Local Government Area, the closest area to Mubi.

According to him, the fleeing students were in company with some military officers, who were also on the run during the escape to Maiha.

He said, “Only God knows how many kilometers we walked through the bush and mountains in two days.

“We had to leave some of our school mates in Katsina Ala Local Government Area for treatment while some of us were brought in here.”

While appreciating the state government, he appealled to the state government that a search party be constituted to get the other missing students.

He said, “Frankly speaking, we are over 200 from Benue State in that university and as you can see, we are just 17 here with few other weak ones in the hospital receiving treatment and I appeal that a search party be urgently instituted to know the whereabouts of the others.”