The family members of the kidnapped students from the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State have scheduled a large-scale protest for October 1, 2023, to demand the prompt rescue of their daughters and sisters.
A sister to one of the kidnapped students, Hafsat (a final
year student at the university) confirmed this to SaharaReporters on Friday
morning.
Hafsat’s sister revealed further that the kidnappers had not reached out to the
affected families and they were in the dark over the whereabouts of the
kidnapped students.
She said, “Yes. Around 20 of them are still with the kidnappers Well
after our hashtag trended on Nigerian Twitter on Monday this week, we decided
to organise a peaceful protest during the 1st of October celebration in some
Northern states and the federal capital city.”
According to her, the protest will start from Abuja and
Kaduna before other concerned residents will join in other northern cities.
SaharaReporters on Friday reported how terrorists kidnapped
some students of the school.
The gunmen invaded the students’ residence at Sabon-Gida
identified as Nazeer Sabon-Gida and took away some female students of the
school, whose exact number could not be ascertained as of the time of this
report.
A few hours later, the Nigerian Army announced that it had
rescued six of the students after a gun battle with the terrorists.
Giving an update on the matter on Sunday, the state police
command spokesman Yezid Abubakar also confirmed that not all of the kidnapped
students were rescued by the Army.
On Monday, a source in the university students' union told
SaharaReporters that about 24 students of the university were still being held
captive by terrorists.
