Colleagues release names of abducted medical students

The Medical Students Association has released the names of the medical students who were abducted last Thursday.

The association’s General Secretary, University of Maiduguri Chapter, Abwa Lawrence, confirmed the list of the victims.

According to a telephone conversation with Lawrence on Saturday, eight of the students are from Maiduguri who joined their colleagues from the University of Jos in the ill-fated journey.

According to the list trending on social media and confirmed by the association’s general secretary, the names of the abducted medical students include; Okopi Peter (UNIJOS), Enger Benedicts (UNIJOS), Kwagbande Aondona Kingsley (UNIJOS), Boniface Okon (UNIMAID), Dondo Fabian, (UNIMAID) John Bitrus Naga (UNIMAID), and Fortune Chima Umeh (UNIMAID).

Others are; Godwin Gregory Tunda, (UNIMAID) Monica Ejembi Unijos, Ogbonna George Chukwuebuke, Paul Nyampa Zira, Lawrence Victory Adanugo, Boniface Tishe Unimaid and Gabriel Jita Iwev, (UNIMAID).

Also included are; Thomas Yahaya, (UNIMAID) Paul Shantone (UNIJOS), Victoria Cornelius, (UNIJOS) Pius Samson (UNIJOS), Okan Adara (UNIJOS) and Dr Luis Mmbanomyeukwu.

The medical students who were travelling for the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students Annual Convention in Enugu were kidnapped at Ojano, about 20 minutes away from Otukpo town.

The police in Benue State have stated that security operatives have been deployed to the area to rescue the abducted students.

Lawrence said that as of the time of this report, there was no update about the kidnapped medical students.