Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara State and abducted ‘300’ of the school girls.
According to reports, the gunmen stormed the school premises in the early hours of today, Friday, February 26.
The state police command or the state government is yet to comment on this development.
This incident comes barely a week after bandits attacked the Government Science College in Kagara, Niger state and abducted 27 students and 15 others after they had shot a student dead.
following developments, one of the teachers at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State has claimed that close to 550 students were abducted by gunmen who stormed the school in the early hours of today February 26.
The teacher who spoke said out of 600 students of the school, about 50 were left behind.
He also disclosed that parents of the students, who escaped the abduction, came as early as 5am to take away their daughters, adding that some mothers of the kidnapped girls were slumping on the school premises.
The teacher said;
“Initially, the school authorities prevented them from going with the remaining students but they grew angrier and began to pull down doors and windows of the buildings in the school and the school authority had to yield to their demands.
“When the gunmen laid siege, they attacked the soldiers stationed in the community before they gained entry into the school.
“Some people told us that they stationed vehicles at the outskirts of the school.
“Security operatives and the local vigilante groups are trailing the gunmen and dozens of other residents have volunteered to take part in the search.”
meanwhile, the commissioner of police, Abutu Yaro have confirmed the incidence and says that 317 students were abducted by the bandits as presented to by the principal of the school.
