Terrorists struck today in a Government Girls Secondary School in Zamfara state and kidnapped many schoolgirls.
The latest kidnap at the girls school in Jangebe, Talatu Mafara LGA, happened around 2 a.m today.
A staff of the school who spoke to NAN on condition of anonymity said, “the gunmen in their hundreds invaded the town around 2 a.m 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,” he said
It is worthwhile to note that the latest attack on the Zamara school occurs about two weeks after over 20 students were abducted by armed bandits from a school in Niger State. The students in Niger were yet to be released at the time of this report.
Also, the incident marks the fourth high profile school abduction since Muhammadu Buhari became president of Nigeria in 2015.
Timeline of high profile students abductions in Nigeria before Jangebe
Kagara (2021) – 27 students, 15 others
Kankara (2020) – 344 students
Chibok (2014) – 276
Dapchi (2018) – 113
– 344 Kankara students released
– 112 Chibok girls still missing
– 107 Dapchi students released. 6 killed. Leah Sharibu still missing
Meanwhile Zamfara State Government has confirmed the abductions but is yet to determine how many students were taken away by the Gunmen.
The confirmation was made by the Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, in a brief interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Friday.
“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.
