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Terrorists return from recess: Abducts female university students in fresh attack in Zamfara state

Terrorists have abducted two female students of the Federal University, Gusau, in Zamfara State, following attack launched by the bandits in the hostels used by students staying off campus in the Sabon Gida area of the state’s capital.

Penpushing reports that the incident occurred on Sunday morning, while the identities of the abducted female students were Maryam and Zainab of the Microbiology at the university and were said to be  in their room when the terrorists attacked the area.

The Zamfara State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Shehu confirmed the abduction in a statement adding that as at the time of filing this report efforts are being made to rescue the victims.

Penpushing also reports that Shehu said in the statement that the Commissioner of Police in the State, Kolo Yusuf, has ordered a tactical team to rescue the students, adding that the command has equally deployed reinforcement to complement the ongoing search for the abductees.

‘Information received by the Command indicated that On 2nd April 2023 at about 0100am, Armed bandits stormed Sabon Gida village in Bungudu LGA and broke into a rented female hostel of the university where they locked up the two (2) civilian guards and dispossessed them of their handsets and later abducted two (2) female students of Microbiology Department of the university’, Shehu said.

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