The Zamfara State Police Command have confirmed that bandits early Friday morning, abducted a total of 317 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe.
ASHENEWS earlier reported that 300 students of the school, were abducted.
However, the Police Command in the state, through a statement by its spokesperson, SP Mohammed Shehu and made available to ASHENEWS on Friday, said 317 students were confirmed abducted.
According to him, security agencies, including the army and police, had collaborated in joint search for the students.
“The Zamfara police command, in collaboration with the military, have commenced a joint search and rescue operations with a view to rescuing the 317 students kidnapped by the armed bandits in Government Girls Science Secondary School Jangebe in Talata Mafara local government area on 26th February 2021 at about 0100 hours.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro; the Force Commander of Operations Hadarin Daji, Major General Aminu Bande; Brigade Commander 1 Brigade, Nigeria Army Gusau and other state government officials, led a heavily armed reinforcement team to Jangebe to complement the ongoing rescue operation in the locations where the students were believed to be taken to,” the statement reads.
CP Yaro urged the principal of the school and the parents to remain “calm as joint efforts of the Police and other security agencies will assurely led to the successful rescue of the students.”
