Sokoto govt denies abduction of 18 Gamji College students

The Sokoto State Government has dismissed arsenic mendacious a study alleging that 18 students of Gamji College of Health Technology were abducted portion travelling from Sokoto to Oyo State.

The authorities said nary existent pupil of the instauration was progressive successful immoderate abduction.

In a connection issued connected Monday, the Director-General, Media and Publicity, Government House, Sokoto, Abubakar Bawa, urged the nationalist to disregard the report, describing it arsenic mendacious and misleading.

The clarification followed a study alleging that students travelling successful a chartered autobus from Sokoto to Oyo State were intercepted and abducted by suspected terrorists.

“For the avoidance of uncertainty and to acceptable the grounds straight, nary pupil of Gamji College of Health Technology, Sokoto, was abducted by suspected terrorists,” the authorities stated.

According to the government, the idiosyncratic progressive was Halima Sokeni, a erstwhile pupil of Gamji College of Nursing Sciences, More Area, Sokoto State.

The connection said Sokeni graduated arsenic a midwife successful September 2026 and was travelling location connected October 1 erstwhile she and different passengers were reportedly abducted successful Niger State.