Gunmen abduct lecturer from staff quarters of Taraba State University

Head of the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management (Faculty of Agriculture) in Taraba state university, Umar Buba has been abducted by gunmen from the staff quarters of the institution in Jalingo, Taraba state capital.

Professor Vincent Ado-Tenebe who is the Vice-Chancellor of the university, said the lecturer was kidnapped in the early hours of Sunday May 30.

Tenebe disclosed that the assailants fired sporadic gunshots to displace the security officials attached to the staff quarters during the attack.

The Vice Chancellor also said that the management of the institution would engage concerned authorities to grant licences for staff to have their guns for their protection and that of the students, as they can't fight gunmen with bare hands.

Tenebe added;

“If you have a licensed gun and you are trained, then you will be able to defend your family and the immediate community of students.

“We have grown past this, and I don’t think there is going to be any other solution than for us to apply for licencing of arms so that these bandits will know that we are equal to the task to defend the defenceless.”

Buba's wife, Samira who recalled how he was abducted, said it occurred shortly after they switched off their generator at about 12:15am. Samira disclosed they heard a noise which they believed was a windstorm.

She said;

When I met one of them, he asked me where my husband was, and I understood immediately that they were kidnappers. After I understood their plan, I offered myself to be taken as their target instead of my husband and I pleaded that I have a little baby whom I needed to go with and they rejected my offer, insisting that my husband was the target.

“When they gained access … they struggled to go with him (the victim) because he resisted. We have never heard that kind of gunshot in our entire lives."

Taraba police spokesperson, David Misal confirmed the incident and said the police were on the trail of the kidnappers to rescue the lecturer. He also called on the residents to provide the police with useful information that would aid the rescue.

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