Assailants abducted four students of Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK) on Tuesday, the police have confirmed.
The four students, all female, were abducted from their residence in Keffi about 12:55 a.m., police spokesman in Nasarawa State, DSP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed.
He said police operatives and troops of the Nigerian Army responded swiftly upon learning of the abduction by combing the surrounding bushes, but could not trace the abductors and the victims.
Nansel added that the Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa State, Mr Maiyaki Baba, had ordered a comprehensive manhunt for the abductors so as to rescue the students unhurt.
