Bandits Abducts about 300 School Girls in Zamfara

Suspected bandits have allegedly kidnapped about 300 school girls from a boarding school in Zamfara.

It was reported that the incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of today, Friday, February 26, 2020.

The bandits were said to have stormed the boarding secondary school located in the town of Jangebe. Jangebe is situated in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A parent and a teacher who was in the school during the attack told the BBC that more than 300 students are believed to have been kidnapped by the bandits.

Equally important, the Police in Zamfara State are yet to confirm the abduction.

Spokesman of the State Command, SP Muhammad Shehu did not deny the incident. However, he pleaded for more time to get the facts of the matter.

It was also reported that the latest abduction of students is coming barely two weeks after bandits kidnapped hundreds of students and staff of the Government Science Secondary School, Kagara in Niger State.

The boys are yet to be rescued or released as at press time.

The Niger State Government had recently come out to state that the Federal Government had abandoned the state in the cause of the rescue of the Kagara schoolboys.

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari had stated that bandits, who are killing and kidnapping innocent Nigerians; are criminals and should be treated as such.

Buhari made this assertion on Thursday, February 25, at a security meeting in Kaduna.

Represented by his Chief of Staff, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, the meeting was attended by 19 northern governors; the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III led traditional rulers from all parts of the north to the meeting.