Aerial surveillance launched for kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls — File: The yard of the Government Girls Science and Technical College staff quarters in Dapchi, Nigeria, after the abduction of more than 100 girls. PHOTO | AFP

The Nigerian police said on Friday they were launching aerial surveillance to search for the schoolgirls who were kidnapped in the country’s northwestern state of Zamfara.

A total of 317 students from the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe town of Zamfara were abducted in the early hours of Friday.

Calling the incident “barbaric and callous,” a spokesperson for the police said two surveillance helicopters had been deployed to ensure the success of the ongoing operation to rescue them.

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