Schoolgirls abduction: IGP deploys surveillance helicopters in Zamfara

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of two operational surveillance helicopters to Zamfara State.

This is part of a coordinated search and rescue effort towards locating the 317 schoolgirls abducted by gunmen from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State, in the early hours of Friday, February 26, 2021.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Force titled “Police Commence Coordinated Search and Rescue Operations For Abducted Zamfara School Girls.”

The statement read, “Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have commenced a coordinated search and rescue operation, involving the deployment of both ground and aerial assets, aimed at locating and rescuing the students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State, abducted in the early hours of Friday, 25th February 2021.

“To ensure the success of the ongoing operation, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has ordered the immediate deployment of two (2) operational surveillance helicopters to Zamfara State.

“This is in addition to the personnel of Operation Puff Adder II earlier deployed to the State to support efforts by the Command to combat banditry, kidnapping and other related crimes.

“The IGP, while condemning the barbaric and callous abduction of the innocent female students, has assured that the Police and other security forces will not relent until the abducted students are successfully rescued and reunited with their families.”