No fewer than 232 students and teachers have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits in Kuriga village, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
It was learnt that the victims,
including headteacher of the school and some other staff were kidnapped on
Thursday morning LGEA Primary School, Kuriga (1).
Confirming the incident was the
former Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, in a post on his X platform on Thursday,
noting that the incident happened in the same village where a school principal,
Idris Sufyan was killed and his wife kidnapped over a month ago.
‘’It’s tragic to hear that 232
students have just been kidnapped in Kuriga village, Chikun LG in Kaduna State.
“It’s the same village where a
school principal, Idris Sufyan was killed and his wife kidnapped over a month
ago. However, I’m optimistic their freedom will be secured,’’ he said.
The junior and secondary
schools relocated to the school building inside the Kuriga town a few years ago
due to insecurity concerns, abandoning their former school building located
outside the town.
However, Mansir Hassan (ASP),
the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command confirmed the
incident to newsmen, noting that the number of the victims abducted had not yet
been ascertained.
"It's true, kidnapping
occurred, presently we have deployed additional security personnel in the bush
to rescue the victims."
"All the security agencies
in the State, Police, Military, Vigilante and others security agencies have put
head together and presently in that bush working hard to rescue the
victims," he added.
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