The Zamfara State authorities has closed down all boarding faculties after the kidnapping of 317 schoolgirls of Authorities Women Secondary College, Jangebe.
Briefing newsmen in Authorities Home Gusau, on Friday, Governor Bello Matawalle defined that the faculties should stay shut down till the safety state of affairs has improved in Zamfara.
He mentioned, “We now have no various than to shut down all boarding faculties in order to douse the worry being entertained by mother and father and guardians because of the latest abduction of the schoolgirls in Jangebe.
“We’re, nonetheless, doing all the things doable to rescue the youngsters and reunite them with their households.
“We now have already drafted two helicopters with a view to finding the youngsters and rescue them.”
Recall that the Zamfara State Police Command has disclosed that about three-hundred and seventeen (317) college students had been kidnapped from the Authorities Women Science Secondary College Jangebe, Zamfara.
The Zamfara Police Commissioner, CP Abutu Yaro, talking to newsmen, mentioned a joint search and rescue operation had been dispatched to rescue the 317 college students kidnapped
Schoolgirls’ abduction: Bello Matawalle closes down boarding faculties in Zamfara