In another distressing incident, heavily armed bandits abducted two students from the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State on Saturday evening, ChannelsTV reports.
The two students, according to an eyewitness account, were male and female, who were abducted in their off campus hostel around 9pm on Saturday in the Sabon Garin Damba area of Gusau, the state capital
Residents said the bandits invaded the community a few minutes after 8pm and shot sporadically in other to scare residents.
Several gunshots were fired by security personnel who tried to repel the aggressors but the bandits took away two students.
Another resident who pleaded anonymity for security reasons told Channels Television that combined security forces of police and soldiers are currently on trail of the bandits.
Efforts to speak with the spokesperson for the state police command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, was not successful as he did not take calls put across to his line.
Meanwhile, the administration of the Federal University in Gusau, Zamfara State, has directed students residing in the Damba district of Gusau to either move to Sabon Gida or remain within the Gusau metropolis in the state’s capital as contained in a statement issued by the institution’s information officer, Comrade Umar Usman, stating that the students would be more secure in Gusau town or Sabon Gida village.
The statement reads in part, “the university management wishes to urge students to either relocate to Sabon Gida, which is now well secured with armed security operatives or stay within Gusau metropolis.
“This is because they are more vulnerable to bandit attacks when living at the outskirts, especially Damba.”
Usman further stated that the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji and Metro Joint Patrol (Eagle Eye) have successfully rescued all the four kidnapped students of the institution who were abducted on Saturday, 14th October 2023, at Sabon Garin Damba Area, Gusau.
“Two out of the four kidnapped students escaped after they were abducted while the remaining two were rescued after the military troops engaged the bandits on heavy gun battle,” he said.