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Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State after gunmen’s abduction of 27 students and 15 workers…on February 17, 2021. Photos: Adebayo Ayinde
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A resident, who witnessed the kidnapping of 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College, Kagara in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, has described how the kidnappers tied their victims in pairs and took them away.
The man, who lives close to the school, confided in
The PUNCH on Wednesday that the bandits, who wore military uniform, stormed the school at 2am.
When one of our correspondents got to the school at 2pm on Wednesday, he observed that many buildings including classrooms and hostels were dilapidated.
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to go on strike in states where schools are being attacked and students and teachers abducted in the country.
The union made the threat on Wednesday while expressing regret over the abduction of students and teachers of the Goverment Secondary School, Kangara, Niger state.
Calling on the Federal Government to urgently declare a state of emergency on the security situation in the country, the NUT warned that it “will not hesitate to withdraw the services of all teachers in the affected states of the federation”, if the security situation in schools and colleges were not guaranteed.
The Niger State government has released the names of students and teachers kidnapped by bandits on Tuesday night from the Government Science College, Kagara in the Rafi local government area of the state.
A statement signed by Mary Noel-Berje, the Chief Press Secretary to the state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, on Wednesday, revealed that 27 students, three teachers, two non teaching staff and nine family members of the staff staying in the quarters were abducted by the gunmen.
In the statement, the names of the abducted teachers were given as Hannatu Philip, Lawal Abdullahi and Dodo Fodio, while the non teaching staff kidnapped were Mohammed Musa and Faiza Mohammed.
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The National Leadership of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has condemned the abduction of students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School Kagara Niger State in the early hours of Wednesday 17 February 2021.
The Union in a statement on Thursday through its Secretary-General, Mike Ike Ene said it is worried and greatly concerned over the increasing state of insecurity across the country where attacks on soft targets such as schools are fast becoming a dangerous spot for the bandit and other criminal elements in Nigeria.
“NUT is alarmed by this brazen attack which has left a number of families and relatives distressed.