Abduction of the female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata-Mafara Local Government has been confirmed by Zamfara Government.
The Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Friday morning.
“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, I am on my way to the school.
“At this moment, l cannot say how many students were taken away by the gunmen until l get there, but we have already mobilised security men and members of the vigilantatè who are now in pursuit of the abductors,” the commissioner stated.
Meanwhile, a staff of the school told NAN that “the gunmen in their hundreds invaded the town around 2: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.”