KANO, Nigeria - Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents said Saturday.
KANO, Nigeria - Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents said Saturday.
"The bandits rode into the village on motorcycles and broke into the hostels and gained access into rooms by bringing down the windows," Sabon Gida resident Sahabi Musa said. "The attackers had a field day. They operated in the village from 3:00 am to 6:00 am unchallenged before troops arrived," Hashimu said.
A military officer said a military operation was under way as soldiers were confronting the attackers in a forest close to the nearby town of Tsafe.