‘Bandits didn’t fire a single shot’, witness speaks on fresh Zamfara attack

The bandits who abducted five female students of College of Health Technology in Tsafe town, headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, did not fire a single shot, according to a resident.

The bandits who abducted five female students of College of Health Technology in Tsafe town, headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, did not fire a single shot, according to a resident.

Daily Trust had reported how the bandits stormed the female hostel outside the school campus.

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Residents said the armed men invaded the students’ apartment off campus.

The apartment is located on the outskirts of the town and has been accommodating students of the college for quite a long time.

“There are two apartments accommodating students of the college off campus in that area and when the armed men arrived they didn’t fire a single shot.”

“They broke the door open and went into the students’ room and took five of them. In fact, those in the adjacent apartment didn’t know what was happening until morning because no shot was fired.

“When they took the students, they forced them to trek and as they were going, one of them became exhausted and could not trek any more. They then decided to set her free. One of them took her on a motorbike and brought her to the periphery of the town and asked her to go.

“As they were trekking to the bush they told the students that they would not harass them. They only want ransom to be paid for their release, ” a resident simply identified as Adamu said.

The spokesman of the state police command, SP Muhammad Shehu, could not be reached for comment at the time of filing this report.