NSCDC Locates Abducted Kogi Varsity Student Naked In Kwara

• Corps also parade informant over kidnap of woman, her two children on Nov 7

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command, on Monday, confirmed that the kidnapped 400-level student of Abubakar Audu University, Ayangba in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State was found wandering naked in Ilorin, the state capital.

Reports indicated that the 19-year-old English Education undergraduate, named Fauziyah Muhammed was allegedly abducted in Ayangba between 9 am and 10 am on Sunday, December 1, 2024, hypnotised, and later dumped in Ilorin.

According to the State Commandant of the NSCDC, Dr Umar Muhammed, the residents of the Ajegunle-Isale community on Egbejila Road in Ilorin discovered the abducted student on Monday morning wandering within the area aimlessly.

Dr Muhammed, while briefing journalists on the incident in Ilorin, said; “Fauziyah was wandering about the community naked”, adding that the residents seized and handed her over to the NSCDC officer, Afolayan, who thereafter sought the Command’s support to handle the case.

Further explaining the situation, the NSCDC Chief said; “Fauziyah is no longer coherent in speech, suggesting her horrible experiences while with the kidnappers. She was found naked while some Good Samaritans in Ajegunle Isale, Egbejila Road, Ilorin provided her with clothes and we as a command have tried to comfort her.

“We have briefed Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq about her plight and the governor being a father has promised to assist us with fuel to return her to Kogi tomorrow”.

He said when interviewed, Fauziyah stated that she cannot remember how she got to Kwara State from Kögi State, but recalled that; “One of the books I carried dropped and as I made to pick it, I lost consciousness.”

Dr Muhammed said the Command was set to release her to one Mallam Salihu Aliu who claimed to be her uncle and was delegated by the family to act on their behalf.

In another development, the Command also paraded one Abu Usman Soja suspected to be an informant to some kidnappers who abducted three people, including a woman and her two children in Ajase-Ipo, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.

The NSCDC boss said the kidnappers, now on the run, abducted the woman and her two children on November 7, 2024, and placed a ransom of N50m for their release, adding; “The kidnappers demanded N50m ransom but later reduced it to N15m. The mother has been released while the kidnappers have escaped into the forest with the children.”