Students and staff of Greenfield University have started recounting the 30-minute moment of terror witnessed two days ago when armed bandits stormed their school and whisked away some of their colleagues, killing a staff member during the dastardly operation.
Speaking about the incident, a student who preferred anonymity said the bandits that raided their school “are just small boys.”
The student said the ages of the bandits that raided the school were between 17 and 18 years.
He said but for the weapon the bandits had, the students would have engaged them.
According to the student, the bandits stormed the institution from directions between 8.30pm and 9pm two days ago.
He said, “We were already in the hostel when it happened. The bandits came from different directions and entered our school. They just surrounded us and started chasing us. They hit some of the students and came to our hostel and killed our porter.
“They forced some doors open and picked some people. They were just shooting indiscriminately. The funniest thing is that they are between ages 17 and 18 years. But for the sophisticated weapons, we would have fought back.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the attack, has disclosed the identity of the staff member who lost his life during the attack.
Aruwan said identified the employee as one Paul Ude Okafor, who until he was gruesomely murdered was a porter in the only privately-owned university in Kaduna State.
Aruwan stated this in a statement titled, ‘Bandits attack Greenfield University; one varsity staff member killed’.
He said, “After search-and-rescue operations, a staff member of the university, Paul Ude Okafor, was confirmed to have been killed by the bandits, while a number of students were kidnapped.”
According to reports the bandits said to be be between ages 17 and 20 years old, would have taken away more students but for the timely intervention of the operatives of the Operation Thunder Strike.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the attack, saying, “There was an attack yesterday (Tuesday) in Greenfield University along Kaduna-Abuja road around 20:15 hours.”
