On Tuesday night, Gunmen shot sporadically in Arthur Jarvis University, which is owned by the former People Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in the state, Sir Arthur Jarvis.
It was reported that the incident happened yesterday night when the students were returning from classes within the premises.
Arthur Jarvis University is located in Akpabuyo LGA, over 15 kilometres from Calabar.
The students who were lucky to escape had multiple injuries.
“The gunmen succeeded in abducting one of them and left another with severe matchet cuts. We understand that the kidnapped student was taken into the nearby forest”, a source said.
Authorities of the school have issued a statement, confirming the invasion, they encouraged both the parent and student to remain calm, adding that they were on top of the situation.
Police Public Relations Officer, Irene Ugbo, said the Commissioner of Police, Aminu Alhassan has drafted the anti-kidnapping, Anti-Cultism and the Dragon Units of the police into the school to forestall a breakdown of law and order and also ensure the release of the kidnapped student.
Ugbo went further to say that they had launched investigations to unravel the cause of the attack on the students of the Arthur Jarvis University.
