Zamfara State Police Commissioner Ayuba Elkana has paid an assessment visit to Zamfara State College of Agriculture and Animal Science Bakura at the early hours of Monday
According to the Police Spokesperson SP Shehu Muhammad the Police Commissioner was accompanied to the visit by the strategic and tactical commanders and other senior ranking police officers.
Shehu also announced the rescue of three of the abductees, even as he announced that the command has lost a police inspector to the incident.
He also confirmed the killing of two civilian guards during the attack.
He also declared that rescue operation of the kidnapped victims has since commences, assuring that the victims would be rescued safely back to their families.
shehu announced that the intent of the kidnappers was to abduct a large number of the students but due to the effort of the police tactical squad who were alerted they were able to respond to the scene of the incident in time.
The police spokesperson further said, while at the premises of the college, the police Commissioner held an emergency meeting with the management staff where he assured their commitment to rescuing the victims within short period of time.
At the end of the meeting, the CP went around the school and assessed the existing security arrangements put in place by the college to enable more reinforcement to be provided against further invasion.
