An unspecified number of students have been abducted by bandits in military uniform who stormed Government Science College (GSC) Kagara, in Niger State, North-central Nigeria.
The Bandits stormed the School premises accommodating over 1000 students at night.
Reports by PRNigeria said the bandits on Tuesday night attack, overpowered the School security guards before having a field day with their operations.
It was also reported that a student was killed just as some of their teachers and family were abducted along with the students.
However, some students escaped after the raid. A headcount is being conducted at the school in the wee hours of Wednesday to ascertain the actual number of missing students.
But PRNigeria also gathered that security agencies were able to detect the coordinate and nature of the area, and have started tracing the bandits’ movement while NAF aircrafts have been seen hovering in the air to track the location of the students.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State had barely 24 hours ago expressed outrage at the recent killing of the Village Head of Kusherki in Rafi Local Government Area, Mas’ud Abubakar and abduction of his wife, children and some others by Armed Bandits.
A similar attack took place at Kachuae under Munya local government area where nine vigilante were killed and twenty three (23) abducted.
The Governor, in a statement, said the increasing activities of kidnappers and Bandits in the state is becoming a nightmare to the people.
Governor Sani Bello described as callous and regrettable, the murder of the traditional title holder and numerous others challenging the security agencies to intensify their search to ‘fish-out’ and ensure that the perpetrators of such heinous acts are brought to justice.
“The situation, particularly in the last 72 hours, has become regrettably alarming! While efforts are ongoing to secure the release of the abducted NSTA passengers, we heard that of Kusherki and Kachuae. We are witnessing these attacks now, almost, on daily basis and it is worrisome”, the statement said.
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