The management of the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura, Zamfara State, has confirmed the attack which led to the death of some security officers, and abduction of students.
It was earlier reported that gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked the school on Sunday night and engaged security operatives in a gun duel before abducting some students.
The Deputy Provost of the College, Ali Atiku, while speaking to newsmen on Monday revealed that two members of staff and one student have escaped from the kidnappers’ den.
Atiku also confirmed that two security watchmen attached to the school were murdered during the attack.
He said, “Two staff and one student escaped from the bandits after they kidnapped them and returned to the school early this morning.
“As I am talking to you now, we have formally discovered that the bandits have kidnapped 15 students all of them male, three women and one person who are also our staff and killed two of our security watchmen.”
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammed Shehu, had confirmed the incident to newsmen. He said the command would issue a statement on details of the attack later.
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