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Over 20 Lecturers, Relations Were Kidnapped In Delta University. by Castos(m): 10:37pm On May 18, 2013
CHAIRMAN, Academic Staff
Union of Universities, ASUU,
Delta State University, DELSU,
Abraka branch, Dr. Emmanuel
Mordi, at the weekend, said
at least 20 lecturers, their
spouses and relations, had
been kidnapped in the last
two years by gunmen.
He stated this in Abraka
while briefing the
Commissioner of Police in the
state, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba,
who visited the university,
just as the Vice Chancellor,
Prof Eric Arubayi, confirmed
that the university and
Abraka community were
under siege.
Aduba, however, explained
the role police were playing
to stem crime in the state,
especially in the university
community, and pleaded for
support in passing useful
information to the police.
Mordi, worried by the
manner kidnappers had
zeroed-in on lecturers,
feared they might destroy
the academic environment.
He made particular reference
to a lecturers in science
education, Dr. (Mrs) Mercy
Mokobia, kidnapped, on April
9, at about 1.00a.m. in her
bedroom and has not been
found till date, as well as Dr.
Ugochukwu Uzuegbe,
abducted, on May 9, in Edo
State, but regained freedom
after payment of ransom.
His words, “It is unfortunate
and very frightening that it
has become our lot in recent
years to be saddled with the
burden of combating
kidnapping and related
nefarious acts which have
posed danger to the security
of lives and property of our
members”.
He regretted that since 2011,
ASUU members had been in
constant danger of losing
their lives to kidnappers and
armed bandits.
Aduba took time to explain
the measures police had
taken to secure the academic
community and how it
traced the kidnappers of
Mokobia to Ozoro, where
one of the suspected
kidnappers was shot dead
and three of the female
members arrested with part
of the ransom collected by
the gang.
He said the police were
doing everything to locate
the lecturer while detectives
were trailing the two fleeing
suspects.
The police boss, however,
vowed to crush kidnappers
and warmed that any
building owned by
kidnappers or used to hold
victims hostage would be
demolished.www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/over-20-lecturers-relations-kidnapped-in-delta-varsity/

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