By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Kebbi State authorities on Thursday, April 10, 2025, announced the successful rescue of abducted 400 level student of the Federal University Birnin Kebbi
The Source reports that Augustine Madubiya, a final year Economics Student, was on Tuesday April 8, kidnapped by suspected banditry elements at one of the University,s off-campus hostels in Unguwar Jeji area of Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi state capital.
He was sleeping alongside other students outside their hostel room due to heat wave when the gunmen came calling.
“About five armed men at about 3.00am, stormed, Istijaba Villa, an off-campus hostel located in Unguwar Jeji area, and approached some students who were sleeping outside their rooms due to excessive heat and asked for money.
“When the students explained that they had no money on them, the gunmen immediately attacked them.
In the course of the chaos that trailed the assault on the students, one Malam Siddi Hussaini, a herder who was tending his cattle close by tried to intervene, but he was shot and killed by the attackers.
Consequently, Augustine Madubiya, a final year student in the Department of Economics, was taken away by the gunmen”, a local stated.
Madubiya was said to have been rescued by police operatives in the Dakingari Forest in Suru Local Government Area of the state after tracking and trailing the abductors.
The Kebbi state Deputy Governor, Senator Umar Tagida, in company with the Commissioner of Police Sani Bello, and the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof.Zaiyan Muhammad, while announcing the safe rescue of the victim, expressed the unflinching commitment of the State Government in adequately safeguarding students of all the tertiary educational institutions in the State.
He further informed that the victim has been taken to the hospital for medical examination, and possible treatment.
Giving an insight into the rescue operation, the Commissioner of Police noted that the kidnappers had to flee and abandoned the victim a a result of intense pressure from operatives.
According to him, no ransom was paid to secure the victim’s freedom.
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