A 400-level student of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Olayinka Toyinbo, has been kidnapped alongside two others by suspected gunmen in Odeda, Ogun.

The university’s spokesman Kola Adepoju confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta.

The student was reportedly abducted in a private farm in Abule Itoko, Odeda Local Government Area, about 25 minutes drive from the institution around 8:00 a.m. on Saturday.

A friend of the abducted student, who claimed to have witnessed the scene, said Mr Toyinbo was kidnapped by the gunmen at the farm where he lived and worked as a practising livestock farmer for the past three years.

He said that the kidnap victim undertook the job to sustain himself as a self-sponsored indigent student of the university.

Mr Adepoju said that the institution’s management had reported the abduction at the state police headquarters while working with the command to ensure the safety and release of the kidnapped student.

Other sources, however, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that two other persons alongside the student – the owner of the farm and a 17-year-old Togolese lady – were also reportedly kidnapped.

It was further gathered that the kidnappers had already established contact with the wife of the farmer demanding N50 million ransom from each of their victims.

However, the Ogun police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi said that he was not yet aware of the incident when contacted.

(NAN)