Gunmen kidnap five Nigerian university students – police
GUNMEN in Nigeria kidnapped five female students from a university in the northwestern Katsina state, the police said, the second such abduction involving students in the region within a month. Kidnapping for ransom by armed gangs is rife in northwest Nigeria due to high levels of poverty, unemployment and the proliferation of illegal firearms. Katsina police spokesperson Abubakar Sadiq, in a statement, said the incident occurred early on Wednesday at the Federal University in Dutsin-Ma town. The police have "deployed all its tactical and operational assets with a view to rescuing the victims unhurt", he said, adding one suspect is…
