TIMELINE: 821 students abducted in 2021 alone — more than half of those kidnapped in past 7 years
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TIMELINE: How over 595 students have been kidnapped in the first half of 2021 already
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REWIND: FG promised Jangebe abduction would be the last — but Afaka, Rama happened days later
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By Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna
The military high command and intelligence agencies are working on a grand plan involving a joint-operational strategy to stem the rampant kidnappings of schoolchildren in the North, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed.
This is coming as the Nigerian Army yesterday said it was making concerted efforts to rescue three teachers from the Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School, Rama village, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, that bandits abducted yesterday.
Besides, the army also claimed that it killed 40 terrorists and lost four personnel on Saturday during a clash with elements of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists along the fringes of Lake Chad and Tumbus.