MAIDUGURI, Nigeria and LONDON — An unknown variety of college students and employees have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in an assault on a Catholic boarding faculty in western Nigeria early Friday, authorities stated.
The incident occurred earlier than daybreak, round 2 a.m. native time, at St. Mary’s College within the Papiri group of the Agwara native authorities space in Niger state, in keeping with the Nigeria Police Drive’s Niger State Command, which stated in an announcement that “armed bandits” had “kidnapped a but to be ascertained variety of college students from the varsity’s hostel.”
“Police tactical items, navy parts and different safety companies have moved to the scene, combing the forests with a view to rescue the kidnapped college students,” police added.
The Niger state authorities additionally confirmed in an announcement that it “has obtained with deep disappointment the disturbing information of the kidnapping of pupils from St. Mary’s College in Agwara Native Authorities Space,” including that the “actual variety of kidnapped pupils is but to be confirmed as safety companies proceed to evaluate the scenario.”
An unknown variety of college students and employees have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in an assault on a Catholic boarding faculty in western Nigeria early Friday, authorities stated.
Nigeria Police Drive Niger State Command
The assertion famous that the “unlucky incident comes regardless of prior intelligence” warning of heightened threats in a part of Niger state and the governor” ordering the short-term closure of all boarding faculties inside the affected zone as a precautionary measure.”
“Regrettably, St. Mary’s College proceeded to reopen and resume tutorial actions with out notifying or looking for clearance from the State Authorities, thereby exposing pupils and the employees to avoidable threat,” Abubakar Usman, secretary to the Niger state authorities, stated within the assertion.
Native media studies say a roll name on the faculty revealed that 52 college students are lacking in addition to plenty of employees. ABC Information is working to verify this.
It is the newest in a string of current assaults by armed teams throughout Nigeria, together with Monday’s kidnapping of 25 schoolgirls in close by Kebbi state. The incidents have prompted Nigerian President Bola Tinubu to postpone deliberate journeys overseas.
