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Against the backdrop of rising security concerns in Abuja, many schools in the city have shut down over fears of abduction of students as has been witnessed in neighbouring Kaduna and Niger states.
A report by Leadership newspaper had heightened apprehensions in the Federal Capital Territory.
According to the report, hundreds of suspected bandits were seen four days ago alighting from a truck in Sabon Wuse area of Niger State, a town at the boundary with Bwari Area Council of Abuja.
The Kaduna State government has, however, explained that the people seen were unarmed Fulani herders mioving with their families from Niger to their permanent bases in Jos and Bauchi.