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Following the series of mass abduction of schoolchildren by Boko Haram terrorists and other criminals in the northern part of the country, the Federal Ministry of Education says it has begun the relocation of pupils from Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states to other states.
It also said the Safe Schools Initiative of the government had not stopped, noting that its implementation was being intensified and re-invigorated.
The Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Ben Goong, stated these in an interview with our correspondent.
Boko Haram terrorists had in the past abducted pupils, women and girls from the three states, including Chibok in Borno State and Dapchi in Yobe State. Also, criminals had in recent times kidnapped pupils from some North-Western states.
Boko Haram terrorists and bandits had in the past abducted pupils, women and girls from states, including Chibok in Borno State and Dapchi in Yobe State, Kankara in Katsina State, Kagara in Niger State and Jangebe in Zamfara State.
Halting Repeated School Kidnappings in nigeriaÂ
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Gunmen snatched more than 270 girls from a boarding school in north-western Nigeria on 26 February, releasing them four days later. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Nnamdi Obasi looks at why the authorities are struggling to prevent these mass kidnappings.
The 26 February mass kidnapping was the third in the past three months in Nigeria’s North West or adjacent states.
Is the region becoming more insecure?
The North West has been in turmoil for several years. It tends to get less international attention than Nigeria’s North East region (which is the centre of activity for the jihadist group Boko Haram and the site of its notorious 2014 kidnapping of over 270 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok). But deadly violence in the North West has surged since the emergence of competition between herders and farmers, who have been vying over land resources, and militias allied w