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Fear Rocks Ekpoma as Armed Men Abduct Two Female Students Near Ambrose Alli University — Three Male Companions Escape, Police Yet to Issue Statement
Tension has gripped Ekpoma after two female students were dragged into the bush by armed men on Friday night.
A late‑night walk near Ambrose Alli University turned into a nightmare on Friday, May 22, when armed men attacked a group of five young people and dragged two female students into the bush. The three young men who were with them managed to flee, their escape a small mercy in an incident that has sent waves of fear through Ekpoma and the wider Esan West community.
The attack happened along a route that students have long considered relatively safe. Witness accounts, captured in videos now circulating widely on social media, describe a scene of confusion and terror — the sudden appearance of armed figures, the desperate flight of the young men, and the screams of the two girls as they were taken. Their whereabouts remain unknown, and as of Monday morning, the Edo State Police Command had yet to issue an official statement, a silence that has deepened the anxiety of residents already on edge.
This is not the first time the university community has been plunged into mourning by violence. A similar attack on May 3 turned deadly, and the unrest that swept through the area in January resulted in the arrest of 52 people. A pattern is hardening, and with it the sense that the authorities are perpetually one step behind. Students are now demanding a visible security presence on the routes they use every day — a demand that, so far, has been met with silence.
Stay tuned to Unuevbo TV for more on this developing story and the security situation around Edo's tertiary institutions.
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