The Zamfara State Police Command on Thursday reacted to
media reports on the alleged abduction of students of Government Girls
Secondary School Moriki in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state by unknown
gunmen.
While admitting that some people were declared missing, the
police command insisted that the five missing persons on Wednesday were not
students of the college.
The gunmen were said to have stormed the area around 11:30
pm by announcing their arrival with sporadic gunshots in the air.
According to a statement by the command’s Public Relations
Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu, the command received a distressed call and acted
immediately to forestall the attempted abduction of the students.
“On 1st May 2019 at about 2130hrs, DPO Zurmi received a
distress call that, an unidentified number of Armed men entered into Government
Girls secondary school Moriki in Zurmi LGA through the back fence of the school
with intent to attack the school and abduct students,” the statement read.
On the spur of the moment according to the release, a combined team of Police Mobile Force and Criminal Tactical Unit, PMF/CTU and
Civilian JTF personnel headed by the DPO were mobilized to the school,
confronted the armed men and stopped them from gaining access to the students
hostels and retreated back to the bush where they come from.
Shehu insisted that those declared missing are not students
of the school. According to him, two
caterers and three of their children were later discovered missing explaining
but the police is collaborating with the school authorities to establish the
whereabouts of the missing persons.
Shehu said a search and rescue operation team has been
dispatched to the surrounding bushes for an extensive bush combing while
security has been beefed up in the school and its environment to forestall
further happening.
The Commissioner of Police, however, urged members of the
public to very vigilant and report any suspicious character to the police for
prompt response.
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