Dozens of schoolchildren and staff were abducted by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria on Wednesday early, according to local officials, the latest in a series of institute kidnappings that have killed the country’s most populous northern states. ‘Africa.
The gunmen stormed the government science university in Kagara district, Niger state, around 2am and overwhelmed school security, killing a student before calling on students and staff. that they leave their hostels and meet, according to officials. “The situation is very serious … About 27 students, 3 staff members and 12 family members were abducted,” said Abubakar Sani Bello, the governor of the state of Niger. Unfortunately, a student was shot dead.
A photograph shared by the governor’s security officials showed the body of a student in the back of a van covered in leaves. There were no immediate claims of liability.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, criticized for slowly reacting to previous kidnappings, sent the country’s military leaders to coordinate a rescue operation, his spokesman said.
Shehu Sani, a former senator who studied in Kagara as a child, said it was unclear how many people were missing, but that about 1,000 students attended the school.