Bandits Abduct Over 300 Schoolgirls in Nigeria’s Northwestern Zamfara State

More than 300 schoolgirls have been abducted by suspected bandits from a Government Girls Secondary School in Mafara local government area of northwestern Zamfara state.

The bandits invaded the school around 1am on Friday with Hilux vehicles and motorcycles and forcefully evacuated the students.

Reports suggest some of the bandits were in uniforms and pretended to be security personnel, then later broke into the students hostels and abducted more than 300 students.

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