ZARIA — The Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna state, fell victim to the ongoing wave of kidnappings and killings when an unspecified number of students alongside two lectures were kidnapped by gunmen while one student was shot dead.
The attack which was confirmed by the state government occurred at the polytechnic’s main campus often referred to as UPE.
The campus is located around located along an expressway just at the entrance of Zaria.
Habila Nasai and Adamu Shika, are the abducted lecturers.
According to a source, the gunmen stormed the Institution in large numbers and shot sporadically as soon as they entered.
“The bandits invaded our school at about 11pm yesterday (Thursday) and abducted two academic staff and three students. The wife and two children of staff were also kidnapped but Alhamdullah they were released this morning (Friday).
“Two students were shot by the kidnappers, one of them, a HND II Statistics student, died this morning (Friday) while the other is receiving medical attention.”
A statement issued by Aliyu Kofa, publicity secretary of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), said the wife of another lecturer, Ahmed Abdu, and two of his children were kidnapped but released on Friday morning.
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