Troops Rescue Five Students Abducted From College In Kebbi
Five among the unspecified number of students kidnapped from Federal Government College Birnin Yauri, in kebbi state have been rescued while one unfortunately died. The rescued students comprising four students and a teacher were delivered from the hands of their captors by the Joint Taskforce Component of Operation Hadari Daji, during a gun battle. The Deputy Force Commander of the Joint Taskforce in the North-West Zone, Air Commodore Abubakar AbdulKadir, confirmed this on Friday to reporters in Zamfara State. According to Abdulkadir, the gallant troops came in contact with the assailants in the early hours of Friday and engaged them in a gun battle, during which five of the abducted victims were rescued. The military officer however did not give an account of how one of the students died nor did he give his/her identity.
