Zamfara State Police Command has reported that contrary to the initial figure of the abducted school girls in Jangebe which was given at 317, the actual figure is 279.
CP abutu Yaro while addressing journalist on Friday declared that a total of 317 girls were abducted by the suspected gunmen at Government Girls Secondary School Jangebe based on the figure given to him by the Principal of the school.
But in a statement issued to journalists on Tuesday by the state police command public relations officer SP Shehu Muhammad said, the 217 students abducted have been returned safely and Zamfara State Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle accompanied by the State Police Commissioner Abutu Yaro received the abducted students.
SP Shehu Muhammad said, the victims are currently receiving medical attention from the joint medical team of the state government and that of police.
He further said, detectives from the state CID led by DC investigation are currently debriefing the affected victims with a view to tapping accurate information of how the incidence occured.
SP Shehu said the ground and aerial surveillance strategies deployed by the Inspector General of Police would continue to be sustained while assuring the people of the state that, investigation in to cause of the matter has commenced and appropriate sanctions would be applied to any culprits identified.
He said, CP Abutu Yaro had congratulated Zamfara State Governor, the parents of the abductees and indeed the entire people of the state for the safe recovery of the children.
