At least four students of the Federal University, Dutsinma (FUDMA), in Katsina State have been abducted by bandits terrorising Nigeria’s north-west region.
The victims are said to be residing in the Paris Quarters area of Dutsinma where they were abducted.
According to Daily Trust, the AK-47 wielding assailants stormed the area around 2:20am on Sunday and kidnapped the students.
Security operatives were deployed to the area after receiving a distress call, but the attackers had already escaped with their victims.
Dutsinma is one of Katsina State’s frontline local government areas grappling with perennial security crisis, including banditry and cattle rustling, despite ongoing government and security interventions.
Neither the state police spokesman, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, nor government officials had reacted to the incident.
However, sources indicate that security agents have launched a pursuit to rescue the abducted students unharmed.
Students abductions in Nigeria by armed groups have become a disturbing trend in recent years, underscoring the country’s deepening security crisis.
In April 2021, Greenfield University in Kaduna State fell victim to a brazen attack by gunmen, who abducted at least 20 students and two staff members. The ordeal took a devastating turn when three of the kidnapped students were found dead days later.
After a harrowing month-long captivity, the remaining 14 students were finally released.
In May 2024, Confluence University in Kogi State witnessed the abduction of at least nine students from their classrooms.
Also, four female students of the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University in Makurdi, Benue state were abducted in February 2025
