The Zamfara state government has confirmed the abduction of over 200 female students from the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata-Mafara local government area of the state.
Zamfara State Commissioner for Security and home affairs Abubakar Dauran gave the confirmation in a brief interview with news men on Friday.
“I can confirm to you now that we have sadly received the report on the abduction of the students of GGSS, Jangebe and right now, am on my way to the school” Dauran added
“At this moment, l cannot say how many students were taken away by the gunmen until l get there but we have already mobilized security men and members of the vigilantatè who are now in pursuit of the suspected kidnappers”
A staff of the school who does not want to be named said “gunmen in their hundreds invaded the town around 2am on Friday, started shooting sporadically to scare the residents of the town before invading the school.
“After taking away most of the students, we rounded up those that escaped or hid from the bandits and conducted a census where we counted 54 students and we are still searching to see if we can get more,” he said.
Also, a resident who gave his name as Haliru Jangebe said, the local vigilantè had tried to repel the invaders but they were over powered.
“The bandits were too many and they all seemed to be carrying heavy arms as we heard gunshots from all parts of the town. When the shooting stopped, we heard that many students were kidnapped.
