Crime
Unknown gunmen abduct over 24 FUGUS students at their hostels
Unknown gunmen have abducted over 24 students of the Federal University Gusau (FUGUS), Zamfara State.
The victims, mostly females, were abducted in the early hours of Friday, September 21, at their hostels in Sabon-Gida community, Bungudu LGA of the state.
According to Channel Television, a resident of Sabon-Gida identified as Nazeer Sabon-Gida confirmed that the gunmen invaded the community around 3 am and started shooting indiscriminately.
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According to him, three students’ hostels were attacked and all the students in the hostels were taken away by the bandits.
“They entered the town around 3 am and started shooting indiscriminately. We have yet to confirm the number of students kidnapped because the bandits entered three hostels and kidnapped all the students there. It is difficult to ascertain their numbers now,” he said.
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