According to reports, the Nigerian Army has freed six of the more than 24 female students from the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State who had been kidnapped.
Recall that in the early hours of Friday, bandits broke into the school in the Sabon-Gida community of the state’s Bungudu Local Government Area and kidnapped more than 24 Students.
The settlement called Sabon-Gida is located about 20 kilometers from the state capital of Gusau, and across from the major campus of the Federal University of Gusau.
A resident of Sabon-Gida identified as Nazeer Sabon-Gida told Channels Television that the gunmen invaded the community around 3 am and started shooting indiscriminately.
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.”
He stated that three students’ hostels were attacked, and the bandits took away all the students in the hostels.
Another source said the bandits were 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.”
However, according to Television Continental, the six kidnapped students were rescued by Operation Hadarin Daji of the Nigerian Army.
The station claimed that the troops killed some terrorists during the rescue operation and operational motorcycles, one AK47 rifle and other items belonging to the terrorists were also recovered.
