The Medical Students Association has released the names of medical students who were abducted last Thursday.
Abwa Lawrence, the General Secretary of the association’s University of Maiduguri Chapter, confirmed the list of victims.
In a phone conversation on Saturday, Lawrence stated that eight of the students are from Maiduguri, and they had joined their colleagues from the University of Jos for the ill-fated journey.
The names of the abducted medical students, confirmed by the association and shared on social media, include Okopi Peter (UNIJOS), Enger Benedicts (UNIJOS), Kwagbande Aondona Kingsley (UNIJOS), Boniface Okon (UNIMAID), Dondo Fabian (UNIMAID), John Bitrus Naga (UNIMAID), and Fortune Chima Umeh (UNIMAID).
Others include Godwin Gregory Tunda (UNIMAID), Monica Ejembi (UNIJOS), Ogbonna George Chukwuebuke (UNIJOS), Paul Nyampa Zira (UNIJOS), Lawrence Victory Adanugo (UNIJOS), Boniface Tishe (UNIMAID), and Gabriel Jita Iwev (UNIMAID).
The list also features Thomas Yahaya (UNIMAID), Paul Shantone (UNIJOS), Victoria Cornelius (UNIJOS), Pius Samson (UNIJOS), Okan Adara (UNIJOS), and Dr. Luis Mmbanomyeukwu.
The students were on their way to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students Annual Convention in Enugu when they were kidnapped near Ojano, about 20 minutes from Otukpo town.
