Armed bandits have kidnapped an unspecified number of students from the Federal University of Gusau in Zamfara State early Friday.
Visitodell gathered that Bandits in large numbers attacked the Sabon-Gida hamlet in Zamfara State’s Bungudu Local Government Area.
Nazeer Sabon-Gida, a resident of Sabon-Gida, told Channels TV that the gunmen stormed the village about 3 a.m. and began shooting indiscriminately.
Sabon-Gida revealed that three student hostels were raided and that the bandits abducted all of the pupils. Armed bandits kidnapped an unspecified number of students from the Federal University of Gusau in Zamfara State early Friday.
Bandits in huge numbers attacked the Sabon-Gida hamlet in Zamfara State’s Bungudu Local Government Area.
Nazeer Sabon-Gida, a resident of Sabon-Gida, told Channels TV that the gunmen stormed the village about 3 a.m. and began shooting indiscriminately.
Sabon-Gida revealed that three student hostels were raided and that the bandits abducted all of the students.
He said, “They entered the town around 3 a.m. and started shooting indiscriminately.
“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.”
Another source revealed that the bandits engaged with troops of the Nigerian Army in a fierce gun battle, but that did not stop the bandits from escaping with the kidnapped victims.
He said, “They were seriously engaged with the army troops but the way these bandits operate, they will divide themselves into two. One group will move with the kidnapped victims while the other will stay behind to protect the first group.
“The first group had left with the students while the second group engaged the army in a gun duel.”
In June, some university students protested the ongoing kidnapping of their classmates in Sabon-Gida and Damba.
Sabon-Gida village is located about 20 kilometers from Gusau’s state capital, beside the major campus of the Federal University of Gusau.
