The police in Zamfara State have said that four female students of the College of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe, have been abducted by unknown gunmen.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Wednesday.
Shehu said that the students were kidnapped on Tuesday night.
He said: “The suspected bandits invaded the off-campus students’ hostel, a rented house in Tsafe town.
“Receiving the report, security operatives chased the kidnappers. One of the five abducted students escaped from the bandits but the kidnappers fled with the other four victims.”
The PPRO said the police have deployed a search and rescue team that was mandated to work in synergy with the military to ensure the safe rescue of the abducted students. (NAN)