300 Schoolgirls Abducted In Zamfara State
Terrorists struck today in a Government Girls Secondary School in Zamfara state and kidnapped about 300 schoolgirls.
It was the fourth of such massive kidnap by terrorists in Northwest Nigeria, starting from the abduction last December of over 300 students from a government college in Kankara, Katsina state.
The latest kidnap in the girls school in Jangebe, in Talatu Mafara LGA, happened around 2 a.m today.
The gunmen stormed the school and herded the children away.
Scores of the terrorists were said to have overrun a military checkpoint close to the school before storming the school itself.
Several soldiers were said to have sustained injuries.
It was not clear whether some fatalities occurred.
P.M.News sources said vigilantes are now on the heels of the kidnappers to rescue the schoolgirls.
Zailani Bappah, Special assistant to Governor Bello Matawalle on public enlightenment confirmed the kidnap to BBC Pidgin.
“More than 300 girls are unaccounted for after a head count of remaining students,” Sadi Kawaye, a teacher said.
Police have not yet spoken on the incident
Niger state has also experienced two of such kidnapping by terrorists this month.
Source: pmnewsnigeria.com
