Hundreds of school-aged children and their teachers were abducted following an attack on a primary school on Thursday in the northern state of Kaduna. The rise in criminal actvitiies in the area, including kidnappings, is said to be linked to the 'collapse' of local government administrations.
Hundreds of school-aged children and their teachers were abducted following an attack on a primary school on Thursday in the northern state of Kaduna. The rise in criminal actvitiies in the area, including kidnappings, is said to be linked to the"collapse" of local government administrations. It is believed that up to 287 people might have been abducted by the gunmen from the school.
Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State has pledged to get back all the students abducted by bandits in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday. The kidnap, yesterday, of some 287 students and pupils of the LEA Primary and Secondary Schools, Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, as well as some of their…
"I am deeply saddened and concerned by the reports of yet another abduction of students in Kaduna State. The alarming frequency of such incidents across the country signals a… They are known simply as"bandits" - heavily armed criminal gangs that have terrorised Nigeria's rural northwest, killing, kidnapping, forcing people from their homes, and taunting ...
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