The remaining abducted Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) student, has reportedly been released following the restless efforts of the state government and the school management in securing the freedom of the student.
It should be recalled that some ABSU students and their co-travellers were abducted by kidnappers in a commercial bus along Uturu-Okigwe road in Imo State last Wednesday.
This was disclosed by Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu Saturday in a thread of tweets posted on his official Twitter handle @GovernorIkpeazu,
Gov. Ikpeazu, in his tweet, declared the student freed from the abductors and confirmed that he had spoken with her and her mother on phone. He commended the efforts of the security agents and the ABSU school management for the job well done and also promised to take the fight to criminals’ dens in the state.
See below for his tweet:
It is with exceedingly great joy and a very pleasant sense of relief that I announce that the only kidnapped ABSU student who was still in custody of the hoodlums that abducted some people few days ago along the Okigwe-Uturu Road has been freed. I spoke with her and…
— Okezie Ikpeazu (@GovernorIkpeazu) May 8, 2021
…to ensure security of lives and property which remains my number one assignment as Governor and it is one duty I will never take lightly. We will surely take justice to those who abducted our student as we will not cohabit this state with criminals.
To God be the glory!
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— Okezie Ikpeazu (@GovernorIkpeazu) May 8, 2021