A large number of students were abducted Sunday and one person was killed at a school in Nigeria s north central Niger State.
Nigerian media, including the independent Channels TV, said about 200 students were abducted at the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Tegina in the local government area of Rafi.
Wasiu Abiodun, the Niger state police spokesman, said the abduction was carried out by armed bandits on board motorcycles in their numbers.
A large number of students were abducted from a school in Nigeria on Sunday in the latest armed kidnappings to sweep the country (pictured, parents demonstrate on May 4, demanding the release of their children after 55 days in captivity)