· Security agencies foil kidnapping of 307 Kaduna pupils, prevent attack on FAAN quarters
No fewer than 618 schools have remained closed in six northern states over the fear of attack and abduction of pupils and members of staff, according to a tally by THISDAY.
Also, barely three days after the abduction of 39 students of the Federal School of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, security agencies on Saturday rescued 307 pupils of Government Secondary Science School (GSSS) Ikara, Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna from bandits who attempted to kidnap them from their school.
Security forces also repelled attempts at fresh attack on the senior staff quarters of the Federal Airport Authority (FAAN), Kaduna, where 11 people were abducted about two weeks ago.
618 Schools Shut in Northern States over Abduction Scare
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Insecurity: Kano orders closure of four tertiary institutions
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JANGEBE ABDUCTION: Female gunmen among our abductors Escaped schoolgirls
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By Bashir Bello, Ibrahim HassanWuyo, Omeiza Ajayi, Luminous Jannamike
Some of the students who escaped when gunmen raided Government Girls Secondary School Jangebe, Zamfara State, yesterday, recounted their ordeal, saying female fighters were among dozens of kidnappers who abducted them.
The revelation came as the whereabouts of the 317 kidnapped school girls remained unknown.
Gunmen had stormed the school on Friday and abducted 317 schoolgirls. Seven of the girls reportedly escaped from captivity.
One of the students, who identified herself as Madina Hamisu Kawaye, said she was sleeping when a woman wielding a gun, woke her up.