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Flash: Gunmen abduct 15 students in Sokoto 2 Days after Kaduna Abduction

Voice Air Media News Update

An unspecified number of Tsangaya students at Gidan Bakuso in Gada local government area of Sokoto state have been abducted by bandits.

The student according to sources were kidnapped from their school around 1:am on Saturday.

15 students were unaccounted so far according to the proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar, saying “We are still counting.”

The bandits, according to Abubakar, invaded the town around 1 am, shot one person and abducted a woman.

“As they were leaving the town, they sighted our students rushing into their rooms and they kidnapped many of them.

“We have so far counted 15 who are missing and we are still searching for more,” he said.

Abubakar added that this was not the first time the village was attacked by bandits.

The member, representing Gada-East Constituency at the state House of Assembly, Kabiru Dauda while confirming the attack, said he received a call from the village around 2 am that it was invaded by bandits.

“I reached out to the local government authorities and security agencies and I am sure they are doing something about it,” he said.

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