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The gunmen reportedly attacked the school on Wednesday night.
Security agencies were said to have been alerted when some of the students noticed strange movements around the premises.
While some of the students reportedly escaped during a gun battle with the attackers, one of them was said to have been taken away by the gunmen.
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Gabriel Ubah, Plateau state police spokesman, confirmed the incident to TheCable on Thursday.
He said tactical operatives have been deployed in the area and efforts are being made to secure the release of the student and apprehend the abductors.
“The command received a report of abduction of a student pastor from King’s School [CAPRO], Gana Ropp in Barkin Ladi LGA,” he said.
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Samuel Aruwan, the state commissioner of internal security and home affairs, who confirmed the incident, said the bandits also attempted to attack a senior staff quarters around Kaduna International Airport.
Aruwan said the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday.
He said a head count had been done and all 307 students of the school are safe.
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“Between the late hours of Saturday night and the early hours of today, suspected bandits stormed the Government Science Secondary School, Ikara, Ikara local government area, in an attempt to kidnap students,” Aruwan said.
“Fortunately, the students utilized the security warning system in place, and were thus able to alert security forces in the area. The security forces comprising the troops of the Nigerian Army, Police and some security volunteers moved swiftly to the school and engaged the bandits, forcing them to flee.
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Nigerian military over its rescue of 172 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Igabi LGA, Kaduna abducted by bandits.