The 400-level student of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Olayinka Toyinbo, abducted on Saturday by suspected kidnappers, has regained freedom.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Toyinbo is of the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, College of Environmental Resources Management of the institution.
FUNAAB’s Head, Directorate of Public Relations, Mr Kola Adepoju, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday.
He said that Toyinbo was released by his abductors on Monday night unharmed, safe and sound.
Adepoju said that Toyinbo’s release had thrown the entire university community and particularly the students, who had, in the early hours of Monday, staged a peaceful protest, into frenzy.
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Scores of students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, on Monday, gave the state government a 72-hour ultimatum to ensure the release of their colleague, Olayinka Toyinbo, who was kidnapped in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The students, who staged a protest at the state secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Abeokuta, carried placards with various inscriptions such as: ‘Free our students now’ and ‘I am a student not a prey to kidnappers’, among others.
Addressing journalists during the protest, the President, Students’ Union Government, FUNAAB, Michael Oloyede, threatened to disrupt activities if their colleague was not released before the expiration of the ultimatum.
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