Gunmen have abducted several female students of Federal Government Girls College Yawuri in Kebbi State.

 It was gathered that a teacher, a vice-principal, the school security officer and a wife of a teacher were together with the students taken to an unknown destination in two Hilux Pick-Up vehicles by the bandits.

The gunmen also killed a police officer during a gun duel that lasted for several minutes.

According to police spokesman NAFIU ABUBAKAR, security operatives have launched a manhunt for the bandits with a view to rescuing the kidnap victims and arresting the criminals.

While speaking on the latest kidnap on Inspiration fm, All Out Politics, a counter-terrorism expert, TUNJI OLANREWAJU said the nation's security agency needs to be proactive in carrying out their job.

The abduction is the latest in a series of school kidnappings that have rocked the country in recent times.

In late May, about 200 students of an Islamiyya school in Niger state were abducted by gunmen.

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