PREMIUM TIMES
A lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in Enugu State, Oguejiofor Ujam, who was recently kidnapped, has escaped from captivity.
The police spokesperson in Enugu State, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Ujam, a professor, was kidnapped on Sunday evening along Opi-Nsukka- Ugwogo-Nike Road in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of the state.
The professor is the dean of the School of General Studies of the university.
How he escaped from captivity
When contacted earlier on Tuesday, Mr Ndukwe, a deputy superintendent of police, told PREMIUM TIMES to wait for police response, adding that “there is something good” about the incident.
In the statement later on Tuesday night, the spokesperson announced that the lecturer had escaped from the kidnappers’ den.
“Further operations to hunt down the fleeing suspects the same night led to a lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, reportedly kidnapped on October 27, 2024, escaping from his abductors’ custody,” the spokesperson said, apparently referring to Mr Ujam.
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