Police authorities in Zamfara have confirmed the abduction of 73 Students of Government Day Secondary School in Kaya in Maradun Local Government Area of the state.

The spokesman for the command, Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the number of students abducted in a statement on Wednesday.

“The abduction followed the invasion of the school by a large number of armed bandits that occurred today (Wednesday) at exactly 1122hrs,” he said.

“The command under the leadership of CP Ayuba N Elkanah psc+ has deployed search and rescue team that was mandated to work in synergy with the military to ensure the safe rescue of the abducted students.”

He added that the police have asked residents, especially parents and relatives of the abducted students to be patient and continue to pray for the success of the rescue operation.

He stated that security had been beefed up at Kaya Village to prevent a reoccurrence of the incident.