Varsity Student Declared Missing on Her Way to Lecture Room in Kogi

A 200-level student of the Federal University, Lokoja, Janet Kyeme, has been reported missing while on her way to attend lectures at the university. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday on her route to the main campus of the institution at Felele in Lokoja, Kogi State.

It remains unclear if the disappearance is linked to kidnapping. Janet, a student of the Department of Library and Information Science (LIS), was last seen on that Friday morning when she took a motorcycle from her family house at Zango – Army Barracks area of Lokoja en route to the school.

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Her foster father, a pastor of a Pentecostal church in Lokoja, raised the alarm when she failed to return from school that day.

According to Pastor Joseph, a close friend of the family, efforts to reach Janet proved futile as her cell phone was switched off. Despite sending her sister to the school to confirm her whereabouts, no contact has been established with the missing student, leaving the family anxious about her fate.

Authorities of the university assured that they are working tirelessly alongside security agencies and relevant bodies to locate the missing student. A director at the institution, who spoke on condition of anonymity, emphasized that it is a security matter, limiting their ability to disclose further details at the moment.

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State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William Aya, categorized the incident as a case of a missing person, as there have been no communications from the supposed abductors to the family. The investigation into the matter is ongoing.