How Police Foiled Attack On Plateau Varsity – PPRO

The Plateau State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, has disclosed how the operation of suspected kidnappers who attacked the Plateau State University, Bokkos, was foiled.

Alabo gave the police account on Wednesday while also dismissing claims that some students were killed and others raped by the attackers.

The police spokesman said the Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew N. Onyeka, foiled the kidnap attempt by  the hoodlums.

He described it as a part of Onyeka’s efforts to fight against crime and criminality in the state.

The police spokesman said, “This was made possible as a result of a distress call put forward by the security-conscious Vice Chancellor of the University and other good citizens of the State who made several calls to our control rooms, the PPRO and other senior officers to alert us on the happenings around that area which aided our quick response to the scene.

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“That on 9th May, 2023, at about 19:15 hours, unknown hoodlums attempted to kidnap some female off-campus students who went out to fetch firewood at a near by bush when they ran out of cooking gas.

“Upon receipt of this information, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Bokkos Division, aided by other security operatives, gave a hot chase to the hoodlums as a result of which they abandoned their evil plans which aided the escape and rescue of the students unhurt.”

He maintained that, “No life was lost and no student was raped as alleged on social media and some news platforms.”

The Command assured citizens of the State that frantic efforts are ongoing to arrest the hoodlums.