Armed bandits launched an audacious attack on the Federal University of Gusau, abducting an unspecified number of students, on Friday morning.
The assailants, reportedly large in number, invaded the Sabon-Gida community in the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The criminals targeted three hostels within the university premises, seizing all the students found within.
The incident sent shockwaves through the region, with local sources recounting the events that unfolded during the harrowing attack.
The bandits were said to have been engaged by troops of the Nigerian Army in a fierce gun battle, but they escaped with the victims.
Sources in Sabon-Gida told Channels TV that the gunmen invaded the community around 3am and started shooting sporadically.
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“They entered the town around 3 am and started shooting indiscriminately. We have yet to confirm the number of students kidnapped because the bandits entered three hostels and kidnapped all the students there. It is difficult to ascertain their numbers now.
“They were seriously engaged with the army troops but the way these bandits operate, they will divide themselves into two, one group will move with the kidnapped victims while the other will stay behind to protect the first group.
“The first group had left with the students while the second group engaged the army in a gun duel,” a source was quoted as saying,