The management of the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), in Katsina State, said the remaining four abducted female students of the institution have regained their freedom.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Armayaโu Hamisu-Bichi, confirmed this to newsmen in Katsina on Friday, indicating that the freed female students were part of the five abducted by bandits.
They were abducted on October 3 from their rented apartment, behind Mariyamu Ajiri Memorial School in Dutsinma.
Prof. Hamisu-Bichi disclosed that the freed female students will undergo a medical checkup before they are handed over to their families.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that on October 3, 2023, the police confirmed the kidnapping of five female students by gunmen suspected to be bandits.
On November 20, the Katsina Police Command confirmed that one of the female students had escaped from their abductors.