The Troops of the Joint Task Force Northwest Operation HADARIN DAJI under the command of the General officer Commanding 8 Division Nigerian Army have neutralized five bandits and rescued six of students of Federal University Gusau that were abducted in the early hours of Friday in Sabon Gida in Zamfara State.
The bandits invaded Sabon Gida at about 3am, and kidnapped an unspecified number of students of Federal University Gusau including the female students.
The troops later pursued and engaged the bandits in a gunbattle, killing five of them and forcing them to abandon some of the abducted victims.