Just In: Gunmen abduct about 300 girls from Zamfara secondary school

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja

Bandits have abducted nearly 300 girls from a secondary school in Zamfara State, according to the BBC Hausa service.

It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the school and kidnapped the students around 1 am on Friday morning.

According to the radio station, the attack occurred at the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of the State

The radio station quoted a teacher in the school as confirming that about 300 students were kidnapped from the school.

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