Tag: School abduction

Kaduna school abduction: “How I escaped from bandits” – Student recounts ordeal

Aminu Imam

One of the students kidnapped from Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mustapha Abubakar, has relieved the harrowing experience of the unconscionable incident. The student also narrated how he escaped from the clutch of his abductors. Recall that last Wednesday reported that 287 children, both males and females between the ages of 5 and 18, were abducted from schools in the Chikun local government area of the North West state. Recounting the unfortunate incident and how he escaped, during an interview with British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa service…

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Sokoto: 15 students feared abducted, one shot, as bandits attack Tsangaya school

Aminu Imam

Suspected terrorists have kidnapped no fewer than 15 students of a Tsangaya (local school) students at Gidan-Bakuso, in Gada local government area of Sokoto State. This came less than 48 hours after another set of bandits abducted over 280 pupils and teachers of Government Secondary School and LEA primary school at Kuriga, in the State on Thursday, triggering national outrage. According to reports, the students were abducted from their school around 1:am yesterday. The proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar, told newsmen that 15 students were unaccounted so far but “we are…

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Kaduna school abduction planned’, ACF alleges

Aminu Imam

… Condemns onslaught on education in North The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has alleged that the abduction of over 280 schoolchildren in Kaduna State by bandits looked planned in advance, adding that the incident was a discomfiting reality, given the enormous public resources being allocated to the security sector. Its National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Tukur Muhammad-Baba, called on the Federal Government to go beyond perfunctory directives to the security forces to rescue the abducted students. Prof Baba, in a statement, explained that “ACF is gravely saddened and exasperated at the…

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Worsening Insecurity: “School children’s abduction unacceptable” – Peter Obi

Aminu Imam

Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has decried the worsening security situation in the country. Obi said it’s unacceptable that Nigerian children will not be allowed to learn in a secure environment because of criminals. The LP flag-bearer charged relevant authorities to put no stone unturned and ensure that children go to school and learn in a conducive atmosphere and citizens worship their creator and go about their businesses without hindrance. Writing on the X handle platform, the former Anambra State Governor…

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Borno, Kaduna Abductions: Tinubu directs immediate rescue of captives

Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu has condemned the kidnap of female Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno State, and the abducted students in Kaduna State. Recall that bandits, on Thursday, attacked the Government Secondary School and LEA primary school in Kuriga, Kaduna State, whisking away no fewer than 280 students, pupils and teachers. It was learned that the assailants reportedly shot at their victims before taking away the students and educators from both schools While in Ngala, the headquarters of Gambarou Ngala, in Borno State, on Monday, a staggering number of 319 women…

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Kaduna: Bandits attack primary school, shoot pupil, abduct dozens

Aminu Imam

There was pandemonium in Kuriga town, of Chikun local government area of Kaduna State, when bandits invaded LEA Primary School, Kuriga (1), and abducted dozens of pupils. The number of persons abducted could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report , however, residents said they were about 100. Recall that bandits on Tuesday night, shot dead a former General Manager of Jigawa State Housing Authority, Babangida Abubakar Sadeeq and two others. The killing was said to occurred on Yalwandamai road, while the ex-government official was en-route…

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Zamfara: Bandits storm federal university, abduct female students

Aminu Imam

Two female students of the Federal University, Gusau, in Zamfara State have been abducted by armed bandits. The students, it was gathered, were abducted from their hostel in the early hours of yesterday. The kidnappers stormed the hostel in Sabon-Gida, a community opposite the main campus of the university, and succeeded in locking up security guards. The spokesperson of the State’s Police Command, Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the incident to newsmen. He said the bandits invaded the rented female hostel located at Sabon-Gida village, in Bungudu local government area of the…

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Gunmen kidnap scores of pupils in Nasarawa

Aminu Imam

Gunmen have abducted at least six pupils in Alwaza community, in Doma local government area of Nasarawa State. According to reports, they were abducted by gunmen during the early hours of yesterday, in LGEA Primary School, Alwaza. Witnesses said the gunmen laid siege to the school while the pupils were reporting to school. However, the State Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, who confirmed the abduction said it did not occur within the premises of the school. He explained that those kidnapped by the gunmen were two boys,…

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Kebbi: Abducted 16-year-old FGC student gives birth in terrorists’ camp

Aminu Imam

A 16-year-old abducted female student of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State, has reportedly given birth to a child in captivity. The young mother is among 11 remaining female students yet to be released after gunmen had abducted over 100 students and eight teachers and killed a policeman in the mixed boarding school on June 17, 2021. The girl, whose name could not be confirmed at press time, delivered a baby boy in the abductors’ forest camp, according to our sources. One of the sources told newsmen that…

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Over 1yr in Captivity:  “Hasten release of kidnapped Yauri, Kebbi students”, Group cry for help

Aminu Imam

…Says terrorists threaten to conscript, marry them The Parent-Teachers Association of Nigeria, (PTAN),) yesterday, asked the Federal Government to hasten up the release of 12 students taken hostage by terrorists since 2021. Among those taken hostage were the female students of the Federal Government College, (FGC), Yauri, Yobe State, as well as the only remaining student of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna. The renewed appeal followed the release of the last batch of the 23 Abuja-Kaduna-bound AK-9 train passengers abducted on March 28 by terrorists. According to the National President…

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