GUNMEN INVADE UNIABUJA STAFF QUARTERS, ABDUCT PROFESSOR, HIS TWO CHILDREN

Gunmen on Tuesday morning invaded the staff quarters of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) and abducted a professor of Economics, Obansa Joseph, and two of his children.

Sources disclose that the assailants invaded the senior staff quarters at Giri in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) at 1 a.m on Tuesday and operated for about an hour.

The names of the professor’s two children who were abducted could not be confirmed as of the time of filing this report.

The other kidnapped victims are identified as Barrister John, Fidelis, and Mallam Sambo.

It was gathered that the other victims included those who were simply recognized by the source as “Barrister John, Fidelis and Mallam Sambo.”

The university’s spokesman, Habib Yakoob, confirmed the development, saying the victims are about six in number.

Obansa Joseph is a Professor of Economics at the university and a Visiting Professor of Economics at Veritas University, also in Abuja.

He is an alumnus of the University of Abuja and the University of Lagos, whose research interests include Health Economics and Quantitative Economic Analysis.