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Zamfara abduction: Fresh details emerge on the kidnap of 300 schoolgirls

Fresh facts have emerged on the abduction of over 300 female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in the Talata-Mafara local government area of Zamfara State.

IDOMA VOICE reports that armed bandits, Friday, kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State.

The Zamfara State government through the Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Abubakar Dauran, confirmed on Friday morning that the abduction occurred overnight.

A Staff of the school told newsmen that the bandits who came in hundreds shot sporadically in the air to scare the residents before coming into the school, to moved the girls away to an unknown location.

“The gunmen in their hundreds invaded the town around 2:00 am on Friday, shot sporadically in the air to scare the residents before coming into 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,” NAN quoted the staff who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

A resident who gave his name as Haliru Jangebe said, the bandits who were heavily armed overpowered the local vigilantes who tried to repel the invaders.

“The bandits were too many, and they all seemed to be carrying heavy arms as we heard gunshots from all parts of the town, and when the shots stopped, we heard that the students had been taken away,” he said.

Sunny Green Itodo

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