The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed that 317 students were kidnapped by the armed bandits at Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area on February 26, at 1: 00 am.
The Police Command in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro, the Force Commander Operations Hadarin Daji, Major General Aminu Bande, Commander 1 Brigade of the Nigeria Army Gusau, and some state government officials led a heavily armed re-enforcement team to Jangebe.
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It said that the reinforcement is to complement the ongoing rescue operation in the locations where the students were believed to be taken to.
The CP while interfacing with the Principal of the school and the parents appealed to them to be calm as joint efforts of the Police and other security agencies will assuredly lead to the successful rescue of the students.