On Sunday, April 2, 2023, two female students from the Federal University of Gusau were kidnapped by gunmen who stormed their hostel in the Sabon Gida town in Zamfara state’s Bungudu Local Government Area.
According to a statement released by the state police spokeswoman, SP Mohammed Shehu, the gunmen entered the students’ rented accommodation about 1 a.m. on Sunday and locked up the security guards before transporting the victims to an unknown location.
The kidnappers were claimed to have locked the guards up and seized their phones before abducting the two students from the Department of Microbiology. According to the statement, by the time police arrived, the kidnappers had escaped with the victims.
He stated that the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Kolo Yusuf, has assured the general public, particularly the families of the victims and the university administration, that efforts to rescue the students were ongoing, and he further appealed for public support to enable the police to succeed in the rescue mission in the state.