Gunmen kidnap
dw3 report – Gunmen have taken at least 27 students as well as several teachers in an attack on a school in central Nigeria. Gunmen kidnap 27 students.
President Buhari has ordered a rescue operation. Students and teachers were abducted from a school in Niger state,
Nigerian officials confirmed on Wednesday. Schools have become regular targets for militant groups in Nigeria
as well as criminal gangs seeking ransom money.
The attack took place at the Government Science College in the town of Kagara in Niger state.
At least 27 students were abducted, a state government spokesperson told Reuters.
Teachers, school staff, and their family members were among those abducted.
At least one student was killed in the attack, sources told news broadcaster “Channels” and the Leadership newspaper.
Rescue operations are underway, while all other schools in the area have been closed.
The students were woken by the attackers and taken into a nearby forest.
“The problem is that most of the schools, the only fence, the front of the school and the back is the entire Bush,
and these areas are very porous,” said DW correspondent Idris Uwaisu. The President.
President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the kidnapping and ordered a rescue operation.
“The President has directed the Armed Forces and Police, to ensure the immediate and
safe return of all the captives,” his spokesman Garba Shehu said in a statement.
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