A large number of armed bandits invaded the hostels of undergraduates of Federal University Gusau, FUG, in Sabin Gida area of Zamfara State, and abducted an unspecified numbers of female students in the early hours of today, Friday.
Mohammed Ameen, a resident of Sabon Gida where the off-campus hostel is located, told Vanguard on phone that the bandits stormed three female students hostels at night and took away many students.
Ameen said:"As I speak with you, many of the female students were kidnapped by the bandits except those who narrowly escaped.
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