Zamfara School Abduction: Police Rescue 5 Female Students, Intensify Efforts To Free Others

By Daniel Dafe

The Zamfara State Police Command has said that five (5) out of the 73 abducted students of Government Day Secondary school Kaya in Maradun LGA have been rescued unconditionally and are safe.

It would be recalled that, upon the abduction of 73 male and female students, the Zamfara State Police Command in collaboration with other security agencies and the state government swung into action by deploying a joint search and rescue team to Kaya and its environs to effectively rescue the abducted students and reunite them with their families.

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In a statement signed by SP Mohammed Shehu ANIPR, PPRO, Zamfara State Command, Gusau, the police spokesman said “that the ongoing search and rescue mission is yielding positive result as five (5) abducted female students were today rescued,” adding that “the victims were medically checked at the hospital, debriefed by the Police and reunited the victims with their families.”

“The Commissioner of Police CP Ayuba N. Elkana psc + assured the people of the State that, the ongoing search and rescue effort will be sustained, so that the remaining abducted students will be rescued hale and hearty,” the statement said.