Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has blamed internal saboteurs for Thursday’s abduction of students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara.
The governor said preliminary investigation revealed that all the CCTV camera installed in the school were switched off during the attack.
“It’s unfortunate that in spite of installed CCTV cameras in all the classrooms and the entire perimeter of the university campus the abductors still struck.
“Our investigation so far revealed that all the cameras were switched off and this can only be attributed to sabotage by internal collaborators,” he said.
Ododo, who spoke during a visit he paid to the university campus for an assessment of the security situation in the campus after the attack, vowed to secure the safe return of the abducted students.
No fewer than nine students were believed to have been abducted by the gunmen that invaded the campus at about 9 pm on Thursday.
But Ododo assured all that every necessary step would be taken to ensure the safe return of the abducted students so they could reunite with their families and friends.
He said: “It is our duty as a government to protect lives and property in all parts of the state. We are prepared to protect the students, and that is why we allowed the students to stay on the campus.
“I am here to see things myself; to assess the situation and also to review the ongoing operation that will ensure the safe return of the students to the school.
“What is most important now is how to rescue our students unhurt.
“We have the right information at our disposal but we can’t put all that out in the media.
“I want the parents and students to be calm as we are making a concerted effort to secure the return of the students.”
