Murjanatu Zubairu, a female student at the University of Abuja, went missing while on her way to school.
Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti, the student’s uncle and former vice chairman of the FCT’s Kwali Area Council, called a reporter on Sunday morning to report the missing student. He stated that Murja is a 400-level student in the Faculty of Education’s Department of Arts Education at the institution.
Murjanatu, who lived with her parents in Piwoyi, departed for school on Friday morning, but he has been unable to contact her since because her phone has been turned off.
“It was her parents who called me to find out if Murjanatu came to my place, as efforts to reach her on the phone remained futile since she left home at Piwoyi on her way to school. I told them she didn’t come to my house. I also tried to reach her phone too but it was switched off,” he said.
Zubairu, however, said the family has reported to both the university management and security agencies about the missing student. He appealed to the general public to assist in informing the university or the nearest police station whenever they come across her.
The spokeswoman of the FCT Police Command, SP Adeh Josephine, in a reply to a text message sent to her phone, said, “I will find and then get back to you later.”