No lesser than eight students of Ahmadu Bello University ABU in Zaria, Kaduna state, have been kidnapped by gunmen along the Abuja-Kaduna road.

According to a statement released by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the students were abducted by the armed bandits on Sunday, November 15, and efforts are being made to secure the safe release of the students.

Aruwan further revealed that the armed bandits attacked residents of Albasu village of Igabi earlier today while acknowledging another attack in Maraban Kajuru in Kaduna central senatorial district.