- By Halimah Olamide
At least over 200 pupils were kidnapped in Kaduna on Thursday in what appeared another assault on school safety.
The bandits had reportedly stormed the LGEA Primary School, Kuriga (1), Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped scores of pupils and teachers.
The hostages are pupils from the LEA primary school in Kuriga. Around 8.30 in the morning after the school assembly, an armed commando stormed the facility and took not only the children, but also some staff, including the headmaster, into the nearby forest.
The junior and secondary schools had already moved to the school building in the town of Kuriga a few years ago due to security problems, abandoning a school outside the city.
Meanwhile, Kuriga was already the scene of a tragic attack in January this year when Mallam Idris Abu Sufyan, headmaster of Kuriga Government Secondary School, was killed by armed bandits while trying to resist the kidnapping.
The perpetrators managed to escape with two women as hostages, including the wife of the murdered headmaster.
As of the time of filing this report, no official statement has been issued by either the Kaduna State government or the State Police Command regarding the incident.
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