Unknown numbers of Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara State, students were kidnapped early on Friday by armed bandits.
According to Naija News, a huge group of bandits raided the Sabon-Gida hamlet in Zamfara State’s Bungudu Local Government Area.
According to Nazeer Sabon-Gida, a resident of Sabon-Gida, who talked with Channels TV, the gunmen broke into the neighborhood about 3 am and began firing randomly.
According to Sabon-Gida, three student hostels were raided, and the bandits kidnapped every student inside.
They arrived in the village at around three in the morning and began firing randomly, he claimed.Because the bandits broke into three hostels and abducted every student inside, we are still unsure of how many students were taken. Right now, it’s difficult to estimate their numbers.
Another source claimed that after a heavy gunfight between the robbers and Nigerian Army soldiers, the bandits managed to escape with the captives they had abducted.
They were seriously battling army troops, but according to the way the bandits operate, one group will follow the victims who have been abducted while the other will stay behind to guard the first group.
“The second group engaged the army in a gun duel while the first group had left with the students.”
In June, some university students demonstrated against the ongoing kidnapping of their friends in Sabon-Gida and Damba.
A 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.