Operatives of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin-Daji have rescued six female students of Federal University of Gusau in Zamfara state abducted in the early hours of Friday.
Force Information Officer, Operation Hadarin-Daji, Cpt. Ibrahim Yahaya told newsmen on Friday in Gusau that the troops pursued the abductors who took the students, mainly females, to the forest.
The rescue operation followed the abduction of an unspecified number of female students from their rented hostels at Sabon-Gida which is few meters away from the university.
Yahaya explained that the troops engaged the abductors in a gun duel, supported by the air component of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, and rescued six of the students.
He disclosed that several bandits were neutralised 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 disclosed.
Recall that the institution’s 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 20km from Gusau, the state capital.
There has been no official response from the university authority.
