How 287 Were Abducted In Kaduna Schools, By Teacher

Armed bandits surrounded the premises housing two schools – a secondary and primary – in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the morning yesterday. They ordered everybody in sight to march into the nearby bush.

A teacher, who escaped narrated the story to Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani.

According to him 287 pupils and teachers were kidnapped.

But, there was no independent confirmation of the number of those abducted given by the teacher last night.

“So, I returned to the village and reported what happened to the community. Immediately our vigilante and personnel of Kaduna State Vigilante Service (KADVS) followed the bandits, but they did not succeed. In fact, the bandits killed one of the vigilante, we just buried him.

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“It was when we came back from that pursuit that we briefed the Village Head and we started making efforts to know the actual number of pupils and teachers taken away by the bandits.

“At GSS, Kuriga, 187 pupils are missing. In the primary school, 125 pupils were initially missing, but 25 of them escaped and returned home,” he narrated.

The governor, who likened the abducted children to his own, said everything possible would be done to ensure all the children return home unhurt.