{"id":7409,"date":"2023-09-26T06:59:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T01:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/security-forces-rescue-14-nigerian-students-abducted-by-gunmen\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T06:59:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T01:29:03","slug":"security-forces-rescue-14-nigerian-students-abducted-by-gunmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/security-forces-rescue-14-nigerian-students-abducted-by-gunmen\/","title":{"rendered":"Security forces rescue 14 Nigerian students abducted by gunmen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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14 of at least 20 students abducted from a Nigerian university have been rescued by security forces, according to school authorities.<\/strong><\/li>\n
The school, located in Zamfara state’s Bungudu district, was the first targeted in a mass abduction since President Bola Tinubu assumed office in May.<\/strong><\/li>\n
School abductions are commonplace in northwestern Nigeria, with armed groups often demanding exorbitant ransoms to help fund their operations.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Security forces rescued 14 out of at least 20 students abducted from a university in northwestern Nigeria and were searching for the remaining captives, school authorities said Monday.<\/p>\n
Gunmen attacked the school in the hard-hit Zamfara state\u2019s Bungudu district last week and fled with the students and some workers in the first mass school abduction in the West African nation since President Bola Tinubu took office in May.<\/p>\n
Such abductions of students from schools are common in Nigeria\u2019s northwest and central regions where armed groups often take people hostage in exchange for huge ransoms which analysts have said help them to buy guns and sustain their operations.<\/p>\n
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The 14 students from the Federal University Gusau were rescued alongside two other people, a statement from the university said, without further details about when they were freed or the nature of the rescue operation.<\/p>\n