Tag: School abduction

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

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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

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…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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Worsening Insecurity: Terrorists attack another Kaduna school, abduct female students

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At least four students of Kaduna State College of Education, (KSCOE), Gidan-Waya, in Jemaa local government area of the State have been abducted by terrorists. The victims were reportedly kidnapped at Mile-1 area of Gidan-Waya axis on Monday evening. Commenting on the incident, the spokesman, Kaduna State Student Union (KADSSU), KSCOE Chapter, Comrade Benjamin Fie, said their abductors have demanded a huge ransom. Fie said, Its with a bitter heart that the Kaduna State Students Union, (KADSSU), of the prestigious Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan-Waya, wishes to make it…

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Zamfara: Four kidnapped female students freed by bandits

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The four female students of the College of Health Science and Technology, who were kidnapped recently by unknown gunmen in Zamfara State, have regained freedom from their abductors. This was confirmed to newsmen by the Deputy Provost of the institution, Jamilu Lawali, through a press statement on Thursday night. According to the statement, the four female students were released by their abductors on Thursday at a location close to Tsafe town. He claimed that no ransom was paid in the process. They were released this evening at a location close…

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Zamfara: Four kidnapped female students freed by bandits

Aminu Imam

The four female students of the College of Health Science and Technology, who were kidnapped recently by unknown gunmen in Zamfara State have regained freedom from their abductors. This was confirmed to newsmen by the Deputy Provost of the institution, Jamilu Lawali, through a press statement on Thursday night. According to the statement, the four female students were released by their abductors on Thursday at a location close to Tsafe town. He claimed that no ransom was paid in the process. They were released this evening at a location close…

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Just In! Bandits invade Zamfara College, abduct female students

Aminu Imam

No fewer than four students of the College of Science and Health Technology in Tsafe, Zamfara State, have been reportedly kidnapped by suspected bandits. Sources in the community disclosed that the abduction occurred Tuesday night, when they stormed the college with sophisticated weapons and shot in the air to scare residents. It was gathered that the kidnappers have already made contact with the families of their victims, demanding an undisclosed amount as ransom. Police authorities in Zamfara State have confirmed the abductions. The spokesperson of the Command, Muhammed Shehu, said…

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Bethel school abduction: “We paid N250m to secure release of students” – Nigeria Baptist Convention

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The Nigeria Baptist Convention, (NBC), has declared that it spent a whooping sum of N250m to secure the release of its students kidnapped from the Bethel Baptist College, Kaduna last year. The Convention also scored the fight against insecurity by the President Buhari-led administration as below par, considering the number of innocent lives of Nigerians that have been lost through various acts of banditry and insurgency. The disclosure was made by the President of Nigeria Baptist Convention, Rev. Dr. Israel Akanji, while speaking to newsmen in Gombe yesterday, during the…

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Kebbi: 7 months after, gunmen free 30 abducted FGC, Yauri students

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Gunmen, in Kebbi State, have reportedly freed 30 students and a teacher of the Federal Government College, Yauri, after seven months of captivity, a local official has revealed. According to the French news agency, AFP, thirty students of Federal Government College and one teacher have arrived in Birnin-Kebbi following their release a spokesman for the Kebbi State governor, Yahaya Sarki, said, at the weekend. They shall undergo medical screening and support while being reunited with their families, he added, in a statement. It was unclear if ransom was paid for…

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Bandits Schools Attacks: ’10 students killed, 780 abducted, 61 still in captivity’ – Amnesty International

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As the year fizzles out, very disturbing security statistics being rolled out by global watchdog, Amnesty International, shows that children in Nigeria have become the major target of attacks by bandits.  In an issued statement on Thursday, the organisation claimed that 780 children have so far been abducted, 10 school children killed and 61 still held in custody.  Knocking the authorities for allegedly failing the Nigerian child, Amnesty said, Nigerian authorities are failing children as at least 61 children in northern Nigeria remain in captivity, months after their abduction during…

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