The criminals broke into the rented female hostel of the university where they locked up the two civilian guards. They also dispossessed them of their mobile phones before abducting two female students of Microbiology Department of the university.

Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer in Zamfara, SP Muhammad Shehu, said the police Tactical Team was deployed to the scene.

However, they did not meet the assailants who had already fled with the victims to a yet to be identified destination.

He said the Commissioner of Police had further deployed reinforcement to complement the ongoing rescue operation.