Students of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) on Monday protested the abduction of their colleague, Toyinbo Olayinka from a farm in Abeokuta by armed men.

The demonstration was held at the school’s main gate with students chanting songs and carrying placards with different inscriptions.

Olayinka, a 400 level student of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, was kidnapped on Saturday at Abule-Itoko on the Abeokuta-Ibadan road in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. The abductors demanded N50 million.

“According to the friend of the abducted student and a nursing mother, who witnessed his abduction, he was kidnapped by gunmen at a private farm in Abule Itoko… where he had been working and living for the past three years,” said Kola Adepoju, the head of Directorate of Public Relations, FUNAAB, according to Punch.

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“The management of the university has reported the abduction at Ogun State Police Command headquarters, Eleweeran and it’s working earnestly with the command to ensure the safety and release of the kidnapped student.”

Kidnapping has been on the increase in many parts of the Southwest region, with criminal Fulani herdsmen alleged to be perpetrators.