President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed security agencies to rescue the remaining female students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, who were abducted in the early hours of Friday by terrorists.
reports that bandits invaded the university Friday morning and abducted an unspecified number of students from three off-campus hostels.
He said there was no moral justification for such heinous crimes against innocent victims whose only"offense" was their pursuit of quality education. Tinubu promised that the federal government was determined to ensure that educational institutions remained sanctuaries of knowledge, growth, and opportunity, and totally free from the menacing acts of terrorists.However, police authorities in Zamfara have confirmed the rescue of seven of the abducted students.
"The bandits also entered the university premises and ransacked some offices as the school is unfenced. It urged the federal government to rejig its security architecture and come up with new multi-pronged containment strategies against security and related existential threats bedeviling schools and communities.
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