BANDITS KIDNAP FEMALE STUDENTS OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY GASAU, ZAMARA

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Olusayo Elutinju

Mohammed Ameen, a resident of Sabon Gida, informed Vanguard over the phone that the bandits invaded three female student hostels at night and took numbers of students with them.

In the early hours of Friday, armed bandits invaded the undergraduate hostels of Federal University Gusau, FUG, in the Sabin Gida area of Zamfara State and abducted an indeterminate number of female students.

According to him, the victims were many. He proceeded on to explain that some narrowly escaped and that no one knows how many of them were abducted.

Ameen said: “As I speak with you, many of the female students were kidnapped by the bandits except those who narrowly escaped.

“We are yet to confirm the number of students kidnapped but the bandits entered three hostels and kidnapped all the students living there.

“It is difficult to ascertain their numbers now.”

Another source in the area informed Vanguard that the bandits engaged troops from the Nigerian Army in a fierce gun battle, but it did not stop the bandits from fleeing with the kidnapped victims.

The source said: “In fact, it was a terrible and serious battle between the armed bandits and the Nigerian troops. Yet the bandits manage to escape with the kidnapped victims.”

Umar Usman, the university’s spokesperson, did not respond to multiple phone calls at the time of filing report.

Instead, ASP Yazid, the Police Public Relations Officer, only responded via text message.

He tested; “In a meeting. Will call you back later.”