An eyewitness account indicated that the bandits swooped on the university around 9pm while the students were reading for their upcoming first semester exams.
The source said that the bandits came in through the bush, went into three lecture halls and began to shoot into the air to scare the students.
TInformation has it that they trapped the students inside the halls and started taking them. The school was thrown into total confusion as fear-stricken students in other halls scurried to safety, scampering in various directions.
CUSTEC Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdulraman Asipita, who confirmed the incident, however refused to give details of the number of students abducted.
Bandits abduct Kogi varsity students
Bandits last night invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene in Kogi State and abducted some students.
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