Students Abducted in Northern Nigeria as School Kidnapping Crisis Worsens
ABUJA, Nigeria – Suspected gunmen attacked a Catholic boarding school in Niger State, Nigeria, on [Date of Attack], abducting an unconfirmed number of students and staff. The incident is the latest in a devastating series of kidnappings targeting educational institutions in the country’s north.
While official numbers are still unclear, the local media outlet Arise TV reported that as many as 52 students may have been taken in the raid. Security forces have been mobilized in response, with police and army teams deployed to search nearby forests in an effort to locate and rescue the victims.
This attack deepens a severe security crisis in northern Nigeria, coming just days after 25 students were kidnapped from a school in neighboring Kebbi State. The wave of violence has sparked widespread fear, prompting more than 50 schools in Kwara State to shut their doors on Thursday due to threats of bandit attacks.
The escalating situation has drawn a direct response from the highest levels of government. A spokesman for President Bola Tinubu confirmed that the leader has canceled planned diplomatic trips to South Africa and Angola to remain in the country and coordinate the national security response.
The repeated targeting of schools has raised alarm about the safety of students and the stability of education in the region, as authorities struggle to contain the armed groups responsible for the abductions.
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