Lokoja University Student Goes Missing After Leaving For Lectures

Janet Kyeme, a 200-level student at the Federal University of Lokoja, has been reported missing after leaving to attend lectures.

As of Friday morning, March 15, Janet, a student in the Department of Library and Information Science, was last seen riding a motorbike from her family’s home in the Zango – Army Barracks neighbourhood of Lokoja to the institution’s main campus at Felele in Lokoja.

When she failed to return from school that fateful day, her foster father—a pastor of a Pentecostal church in Lokoja—called the police.

Pastor Joseph, a close friend of the family, said: “She left for school on Friday early morning as usual. When she did not come back from school that day, her foster father, a pastor and others called, but could not reach her as her cell phone was switched off.

“A sister was sent to the school to confirm her whereabouts without success.

“Apprehension has gripped the family over her fate, as no contact has been made to the family from any quarters since her sudden disappearance.”

The university’s administration stated that the institution had done everything possible to determine the student’s location.

“The school authorities have taken appropriate action in conjunction with security agents and other relevant bodies. We hope our efforts will yield a desirable result. Since it’s already a security matter, we cannot say much about the situation now,” a director in the institution, who craved anonymity, said, according to Daily Trust.

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