BREAKING(Kebbi Abduction): Student Killed, Some Rescued As Troops Exchange Gunshots With Bandits
Faith Ukanwa
Jun 18, 2021
An abducted student from the Federal Government Girls College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, has died as troops engage the bandits in a gun duel, while some were rescued.
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The Deputy Force Commander of the Joint Task Force in the North-West Zone, Air Commodore Abubakar AbdulKadir, confirmed this to journalists in Zamfara State on Friday, June 18.
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He said four students and a teacher were rescued during the operation.
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"In the early hours of this morning, we came across the kidnappers. They came to our blocking point, and we engaged them.
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"At that point, they abandoned five of the students and one of the teachers. Unfortunately, I think we have lost one of the studentsÔÇØ Abdulkadir said.
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AbdulKadir did not comment on whether the bandits or troops recorded casualties.
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Meanwhile, the Police in Kebbi have said rescue operation is still ongoing for the missing students.
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DSP Nafiu Abubakar, spokesperson of the Kebbi Police Command, announced this in a statement made available to newsmen.
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"In view of the above, the command also wishes to make it clear and to make the record straight that yet to be ascertained of the students are still missing as the rescue operation is still ongoing.ÔÇØ
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"The white Hilux Van with registration number KBSJ 29, belonging to a High Court Judge , with inscription of Kebbi State Judiciary, hijacked by the bandits along Birnin Yauri road, was the one used in perpetrating such a dastardly act.ÔÇØ
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The bandits had invaded the college on Thursday, June 17, at about 12:30pm and abducted many of the students.
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— Faith Ukanwa