The over 300 schoolgirls abducted by bandits from Government Girls Junior Secondary School Jangebe , Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State , have been sighted in Dangulbi Forest.
A school teacher who spoke to
Daily Trust Saturday on the condition of anonymity said out of 600 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe , only about 50 were left behind.
However, the police in the state said 317 students were kidnapped while the Zamfara State Commissioner of Information , Alhaji Sulaiman Tunau Anka, said the exact number of abducted students was yet to be ascertained .
It was last night gathered that security personnel and officials of the Zamfara State government have established the identity of the girls ’ abductors.
“ The schoolgirls are being held at Dangulbi Forest in Maru Local Government Area, ” an authoritative sources said .
The source , who craved for anonymity because he had no permission to speak on the incident, said the mystery behind the abduction would come to the fore soon .
The forests between Dangulbi and Maru are known enclave of bandits who for years have been terrorising residents of neighbouring villages.
The Zamfara State government said security operatives have launched a manhunt for the criminals . Governor Bello Matawalle has been pushing for a dialogue with bandits for peace to reign while the abduction happened hours after the state government said some repentant bandits had surrendered their arms .
