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BREAKING NEWS: An unspecified number of female #students have been #abducted by gunmen at the Federal University, #Gusau in #Zamfara state, northwest #Nigeria
In the early hours of Friday, three private female hostels were invaded by the kidnappers in Sabon Gida community near the university. Local journalists told the #BBC Hausa that the gunmen began shooting indiscriminately before attacking the students' hostels around 3am.
v #BBCHausa
Some more context: In June, some of the students of the university held a protest against persistent kidnapping of their schoolmates.
Northwest Nigeria has seen a rise in kidnapping for ransom in recent years.
In 2021, over 300 school girls were abducted in Zamfara state, but they were released after the government negotiated with the kidnappers.