Zamfara State Police Command has confirms kidnapping of 2 Female Students of the Federal University Gusau, residing off Campus, by suspected kidnappers.
A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Mohammed said upon receiving the sad information, the command has embarked on search and rescue operations.
The statement reads;
As Command Intensifies
The Commissioner of Police Zamfara State Police Command, CP Kolo Yusuf psc, has reassured the general Public especially families and the management of Federal University Gusau that, efforts are ongoing to rescue the two (2) students of the university abducted by yet to be identified hoodlums in the early hours of sunday, as Police Tactical Operatives have intensified search and rescue operation.
Information received by the Command indicated that, On 2nd April, 2023 at about 0100am, Armed bandits stormed sabon gida village in Bungudu LGA and broke into a rented female hostel of the university where they locked up the two (2) civilian guards and dispossessed them of their handsets and later abducted two (2) female student of Microbiology Department of the university.
On receipt of the report, the Police Tactical team moved to the scene, but the hoodlums had already fled with the victims to an unknown destination. The Commissioner of Police has further deployed reinforcement to complement the ongoing rescue operation to rescue the hostages hale and hearty, arrest the perpetrators and charge them to court for prosecution.
The Commissioner of Police therefore appeals for continuous support from members of the public to enable the Police to succeed in the rescue mission.