BREAKING: 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in Zamfara

Armed bandits have attacked Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, kidnapping hundreds of schoolgirls, VAM News can reliably report.

This is coming barely a week after the abduction of dozens of schoolboys in Kagara, Niger State.

Although details are still sketchy, Special assistant on public enlightenment to Gov. Matawalle, Zailani Bappah told BBC Hausa on Friday morning that over 300 schoolgirls were abducted in the latest mass school abduction in Zamfara.

It was the fourth of such massive kidnap by terrorists in Northwest Nigeria, starting from the abduction last December of over 300 students from a government college in Kankara, Katsina state.

It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the school around 2am on friday and herded the children away.

Scores of the terrorists were said to have overrun a military checkpoint close to the school before storming the school itself.

It was not clear whether some fatalities occurred.

News sources said vigilantes are now on the heels of the kidnappers to rescue the schoolgirls.

Details coming..........

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