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A 500-level student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Mansur Garba and some yet-to-be-identified people were abducted on Wednesday by gunmen suspected to be terrorists in Zamfara, northwest Nigeria. SaharaReporters learned that the abduction happened on the highway leading to Gusau, Zamfara State capital when the terrorists stopped a car carrying no fewer than six passengers, including Mansur Garba. The vehicle was going from Sokoto to Gusua. The gunmen kidnapped the passengers and took them to an unknown location. ....
New facts have emerged on how terrorists invaded the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara State, and stole all the medications found at the university clinic. This was mentioned by the National Coordinator of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi during an interview with AIT News. ....
The Nigerian government on Thursday facilitated the rescue of some of the kidnapped female students of the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State. This was confirmed by one of the victims’ relatives to SaharaReporters but he could not state the exact number of those who were rescued. Also, the rescue of the students was announced during a meeting between the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Betta Edu and the survivors. ....
The relatives of some kidnapped students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State have accused the school management of abandoning their daughters and sisters in the terrorists’ custody. SaharaReporters had reported how some gunmen suspected to be terrorists kidnapped some students of the school. The gunmen invaded the students’ residence at Sabon-Gida identified as Nazeer Sabon-Gida and took away some female students of the school, whose number could not be ascertained. ....
The relatives of the abducted students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, have slated October 1, 2023, for a massive protest to demand the immediate rescue of their daughters and sisters. A sister to one of the kidnapped students, Hafsat (a final year student at the university) confirmed this to SaharaReporters on Friday morning. Hafsat’s sister revealed further that the kidnappers had not reached out to the affected families and they were in the dark over the whereabouts of the kidnapped students. ....