The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the kidnapping of a large number of students of Federal University, Gusau after a successful raid on their hostel.
Recall that the armed bandits, who came in large numbers, had reportedly invaded the hostel located in the Sabon-Gida community of the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State in the early hours of Friday.
A resident of Sabon-Gida, identified as Nazeer Sabon-Gida, told Channels Television that the gunmen invaded the community around 3 a.m. and started shooting indiscriminately.
According to him, three students’ hostels were attacked, and all the students in the hostels were taken away by the bandits.
“They entered the town around 3 am and started shooting indiscriminately,” he said.
“We have yet to confirm the number of students kidnapped because the bandits entered three hostels and kidnapped all the students there. It is difficult to ascertain their numbers now,” he added.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, Yazid Abubakar, disclosed that joint rescue operations had since been launched.
