The police in Zamfara has vowed to rescue four female students who were abducted between Birinin Magaji and Laura Namoda road in the state.
The names of the female students were given as Aisha Yahaya, Jamila Yahaya, Ummu Sani, and Hauwa Garba who were kidnapped six months ago.
Earlier, the students in a two-minute, 29 seconds video clip, the bandits are threatening to forcefully marry the students in their enclave if their demands are not met.
In the clip released by the bandits on Sunday, the female students were begging for rescue from both the Zamfara State Government and the general public before they would be forcefully married by the bandits.
The students who were wearing hijabs explained that they were facing the threat of forceful marriage over the refusal to pay the N12m ransom demanded by the abductors for their freedom.
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The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Yazid Abubakar said the police were doing everything possible towards the rescue of the kidnapped victims.
“We have started a rescue operation and by the grace of God, we will do our best to get the female students rescued,” he added.
In another news, tragedy struck on Tuesday when a truck crushed the Olu of Onibuku, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Abraham Bankole, to death.
It was gathered that the monarch was aboard a tricycle, otherwise known as Keke Napep, when the truck ran over him along the Ota-Idiroko expressway, close to Winners Chapel.
The Oba was said to have died on the spot when the truck with registration number, EPE 252 XF, crushed him while alighting from the tricycle.
Contacted, the spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Florence Okpe, said, “I was informed of the incident today.”
Okpe, however, said she was yet to be fully briefed by the FRSC in Ota Unit.
A first-class Oba in Ogun West, who did not want his name in print, confirmed the incident, expressing sadness over why the monarch decided to commute in a tricycle instead of a personal car.
There are speculations that Oba Bankole may not have a befitting car or he might have parked his car due to the hike in the pump price of petrol.
The monarch’s remains, it was gathered, have been deposited at the General Hospital, Ota.