Alia urges security agencies to rescue abducted medical students

Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue has urged security agencies to intensify efforts at ensuring the safe release of the 20 medical students kidnapped in the state.
This is contained in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Tersoo Kula, which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Makurdi on Saturday.
Alia, in a statement, condemned the abduction of the medical students who were travelling for the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) Annual Convention in Enugu State on Thursday evening.
He warned criminal elements operating within the state to find another base as his administration was out to stamp out all forms of criminality in the state.
The Police Command in Benue on Thursday confirmed that 20 medical and dental students from the universities of Jos and Maiduguri, and a house officer, were kidnapped in Otukpo on Thursday evening.
NAN also reports that the students, who were travelling to Enugu for their annual Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) convention and their house officer, were reportedly ambushed and kidnapped in Otukpo.