A senior lecturer at the Delta State University, Dr Boniface Anyanwu, has regained freedom after he was kidnapped by unknown gunmen alongside a son of his colleague.
The good news was shared in a Facebook post by Moses Darah, another lecturer at DELSU.
He wrote, “Kidnapped DELSU lecturer, Dr Boniface Anyanwu of the Department of Theatre Arts escaped from kidnappers den.”
Dr. Anyanwu and son of one Professor Augustine Nwachukwu were kidnapped on Saturday night by gunmen at his residence in Obiaruku near Abraka, Delta State.
The news of the abduction of the lecturer was confirmed by the Delta State Academic Staff Union of Universities in a statement.
The statement read in part, “The latest of these incidents is the kidnap of one of our lecturers, Dr. Boniface Chukwuma Anyanwu, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts and Mr. Nnamdi Nwachukwu, son of another lecturer (Professor Austin Nwachukwu of the Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education) who live at Obiaruku (a neighbouring community to Abraka). This incident occurred at about 3.00 am on Saturday, February 03, 2018.
“The kidnap victims were taken away in the booth of Dr. Boniface Anyanwu’s car. The kidnappers have since made contact with the families of the kidnap victims demanding Ten Million Naira ransom for the release of each of the victims. This is totally unacceptable.
“The kidnap of lecturers, and/or members of their family, is not only unacceptable, it is bizarre and primitive. Academics, all over the world, are the springboard of society’s growth and development. This is so because of their role in imparting knowledge to persons who later become builders of societies. A society that has no respect for intellectual resource is destined for doom and damnation.”
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