By Rita Elenwo
Operatives of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin-Daji, have rescued six of the female students of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State, abducted in the early hours of today, Friday.
Force Information Officer, Operation Hadarin-Daji, Captain Ibrahim Yahaya, confirmed this to RovingNaija Reporters on Friday in Gusau.
The rescue operation followed the abduction of an unspecified number of female students from their off-campus hostels at Sabon-Gida, a few meters away from the university.
Yahaya said that the troops pursued the abductors who took the students, mostly females, to the forest.
He said that the troops engaged the abductors in a gun battle, supported by the air component of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), and rescued six of the students.
Yahaya further stated that several bandits were neutralized during the rescue effort which, he said, was still ongoing.
“The troops also recovered one AK-47, a magazine, four motorcycles and one communication gadget from the terrorists,” the officer said.
The students had, in June, protested the spate of abductions of their schoolmates residing in Sabon-Gida and Damba communities.
The two communities are opposite the main campus of the university, which is about 20 km from Gusau, the state capital.
As at News time the school authorities has not reacted to the incident.
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