Nigeria, April 8 -- In the early hours of Tuesday, unidentified gunmen kidnapped a 400-level student of the Federal University Birnin Kebbi (FUBK), Augustine Madubiya.

The incident happened around 3:00 am at Istijaba Villa, an off-campus hostel in Unguwar Jeji.

Eyewitnesses say five armed men approached students sleeping outside due to the hot weather and demanded money. When the students said they had none, the attackers began to assault them.

During the chaos, a local resident, Malam Siddi Hussaini, who was attending to his cattle, heard the commotion and tried to intervene. He was shot and killed by the gunmen.

Augustine Madubiya, a final-year Economics student, was taken away by the attackers. Another student, Collaneous Steven, a...