Gusau, Zamfara - Mediaage NG News – Female students from the Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara state were in the early hours of Friday, abducted by gunmen.
They were kidnapped from three hostels in Sabon Gida community. However, there’s no specific number of persons abducted yet.
Journalists in the state said the gunmen began shooting indiscriminately before attacking the students’ hostels.
The police and the university authorities have not commented yet.
In 2021, bandits abducted over 300 school girls in Zamfara state, but they were released after the government negotiated with the kidnappers.
North-west Nigeria has seen a rise in kidnapping, with armed gangs abducting individuals from villages, highways, and farmlands for ransom.