24 Female Students Among Dozens Kidnapped By Gunmen At Nigerian University
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A military officer said a military operation was underway as soldiers were confronting the attackers in a forest close to the nearby town of Tsafe.
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents said Saturday.
Dozens of gunmen from criminal gangs called bandits barged into Sabon Gida village on the edge of a Federal University outside the state capital Gusau in a predawn attack on Friday breaking into three female hostels and taking away the occupants, residents told AFP.
The attack was the first mass kidnapping at a college since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came to power, promising to tackle the country's security challenges.
