For the second time in less than a month, terrorists have stormed a hostel of the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State and abducted two students.
PoliticsNow gathered that the latest abduction took place on Saturday night at an off-campus hostel.
The students, a male and a female, were abducted in Sabon Garin Damba, where some of the students rented off-campus hostels. The community is a few kilometres from the university.
According to a Premium Times report, a resident who only gave his name as Ayuba, said the terrorists came twice on the day of the attack.
“They came before the last evening prayer (7:00 p.m.) and shot in the air but didn’t stop. Many people that were on the main road ran home but when the terrorists passed, everyone thought they wouldn’t return,” said the source.
He said the terrorists returned after 9:00 p.m. and began shooting sporadically into the air while they advanced toward the off-campus hostels for the students.
“They actually took four students but when soldiers and policemen in the area began exchanging gunshots with the terrorists, they released two of the students but left with two,” he said.
The Federal University Gusau is situated on the Funtua-Gusau highway. The university’s host communities – Sabon Gida and Damba – are among the areas vulnerable to terror attacks.
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