Tag: School abduction

Islamic school abduction: Bandits demand N110m for the release of pupils

Aminu Imam

Bandits who abducted pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, in Tegina town, in Rafi local government area of Niger State are demanding N110 million as ransom for the release of his pupils. According to the school’s Headmaster, Abubakar Alhassan, the bandits made contact with the management of the institution on Monday asking him to pay N110 million as ransom for the release of his pupils. Alhassan said the bandits claimed to have 156 pupils with them. According to him, the kidnappers threatened that if they did not pay the…

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11 Niger abducted Islamiyya school children released

Aminu Imam

Eleven out of the many students abducted by bandits on Sunday in Niger state have been released by their captors. The State government disclosed this yesterday, in a statement by the governor’s media aide, Mary Noel-Berje. The students were abducted at the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Tegina town when the bandits attacked the town located in Rafi local government area of the State. The incident was the second in the state this year, among several incidents, of abductions of schoolchildren by bandits. The bandits have recently abducted several people…

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Insecurity: Again, Bandits abduct many students in Tegina, Niger State

Aminu Imam

Few months after the abduction of Kagara College students in Niger State, armed Bandits have again abducted some students of an Islamic school in Tegina town, in Rafi local government area of Niger State. It was gathered that the bandits stormed the Islamiyya school, located in Tegina town, around 4.30 pm when the students were receiving lessons. Tegina is the hometown of the local government chairperson, Isma’il Moddibo. It is in the same local government area with Kagara where bandits earlier this year abducted many students but later released them…

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Students abductions: “Declare state of emergency in Kaduna” – HURIWA urges President Buhari

Aminu Imam

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Kaduna due to the rising cases of mass abductions and killings in the State. According to a statement issued yesterday by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA lamented the latest attack on Greenfield University, the only operational private university in the State, coming nearly a month after a similar abduction at a neighbouring Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, also in Kaduna. Deploring the breakdown of security in Kaduna, the group…

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South-West govts. tighten security at schools

Aminu Imam

Following the spate of mass kidnapping of students in the northern part of the country, governments of south-western states have activated structures to tighten security around their schools. Reports from each of the South-West States showed that both formal and informal security outfits are being strengthened to ward-off possible serious security breaches that manifested in the mass abductions in the North. The Lagos State government said it had taken measures to ensure that the kidnapping of students happening in the north of the country does not occur in the State.…

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Parents of abducted Kaduna students stage protest

Aminu Imam

…Says “we’re tired of the waiting game” Parents and students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna state, yesterday staged a protest over the continued stay of the 39 abducted students of the college in bandits captivity. Recall that the 39 students were abducted by bandits last Friday and are yet to be released by their captors. The protesters reportedly converged at the school premises around 11:30am yesterday, appealing to authorities to rescue their colleagues, as they displayed placards with inscriptions that read: “Free Afaka 39 students”, “End…

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307 students rescued as bandits invade another Kaduna school

Aminu Imam

No fewer than 307 students were rescued when bandits attacked Government Science Secondary School, Ikara, in Kara Local Government Area in Kaduna in the early hours of Sunday. The State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the attack. According to him, “307 students were rescued unhurt” by troops who foiled the attempted kidnap.Aruwan said: “Between the late hours of Saturday night and the early hours of today, suspected bandits stormed the Government Science Secondary School, Ikara, Ikara local government area, in an attempt to kidnap students.…

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Kaduna school abduction: 180 students, staff rescued, 30 still missing, says State govt.

Aminu Imam

Following attack at Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Igabi local gvernment area of Kaduna State, the state government has said 180 students have been rescued, while 30 students are still missing. The statement said: “Troops of the Nigerian Army in the early hours of Friday rescued 180 citizens, many of them students, at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in Igabi local government area of Kaduna State. “The armed bandits in large number attacked the institution around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday and kidnapped several students and staff. “The…

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