The report of the abduction of two female students of Federal University, Gusau, in Zamfara, has received the corroboration of the police authorities in the state.
Account in general circulation said two students, simply identified as Maryam and Zainab, both studying Microbiology have been kidnapped.
It said, their abductors stormed female hostels outside the school campus in the early hours of Sunday and made away with the duo.
Confirming the incident, the state police command by a statement its spokesman, Mohammed Shehu released, also hinted the minutiae of how it happened.
His word, “Information received by the Command indicated that On 2nd April 2023 at about 0100am, Armed bandits stormed Sabon Gida village in Bungudu LGA and broke into a rented female hostel of the university where they locked up the two (2) civilian guards and dispossessed them of their handsets and later abducted two (2) female students of Microbiology Department of the university.”
Shehu added that the police have swung into action by launching massive hunt for the abductors and their victims.