Ritualists kidnap Kogi student, dump her in Kwara

Suspected ritualists have abducted a 19-year-old student of Kogi State University in Ayingba, Fauziya Muhammed, and dumped her in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

The Kwara State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) confirmed the incident on Monday, December 2, 2024.

The Kwara NSCDC Commandant, Umar Mohammed, disclosed that the student was found wandering before she was handed over to the corps’ personnel.

Mohammed said members of the Ajegunle Isale community, along Egbejila Road in Ilorin, had handed over Fauziya to the command’s intelligence department.

He said: “The girl was found wandering before she was brought to us. During interrogation, she said she did not know how she got to Ilorin.

“She remembered being a 400-level student of Kogi State University in Ayingba and was going home from school when her book fell down.

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“She said she bent down to pick her book from the floor and found herself in Ilorin.”

The NSCDC Commandant added that the student’s family had been contacted, saying her uncle, Malam Salihu Aliu, would soon be in Ilorin to take her back home.

Mohammed, however, said the victim had psychological trauma and needed to be mentally stabilised at the command’s clinic before going back home.

Mohammed thanked the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for his kind gesture in financing the hospital bills and making available transportation for the student to return home.

The Star