Several students of the Federal College of Forestry in Mando area, Kaduna State, have been kidnapped by gunmen, Channels reported Friday morning.

Kaduna State Police spokesman Mohammed Jalige told Channels Television that the gunmen invaded the college at about 3 am to kidnap students.

The number of kidnapped students still unknown.

Jalige said that investigation is ongoing to ascertain the actual number of students that were abducted with a view to track down the gunmen and rescue the victims.

The college is located few metres away from the Nigerian Defence Academy in the Mando area of Kaduna State.