Two female students of the Federal University, Gusau, in Zamfara State have been abducted by armed bandits.
The students, it was gathered, were abducted from their hostel in the early hours of yesterday.
The kidnappers stormed the hostel in Sabon-Gida, a community opposite the main campus of the university, and succeeded in locking up security guards.
The spokesperson of the States Police Command, Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the incident to newsmen.
He said the bandits invaded the rented female hostel located at Sabon-Gida village, in Bungudu local government area of the State.
During the process, they locked up the two civilian guards and dispossessed them of their handsets before whisking the victims of the Micro-biology Department away.
According to the Police spokesman, the Commissioner of Police, Kolo Yusuf, urged residents of the State to support the police in its efforts in rescuing the students unhurt.
