Kidnap Epidemic: Another Set Of Schoolchildren Abducted In Sokoto

Eko Hot Blog reports that the kidnap epidemic across Nigeria has raged on as Sokoto State is the latest victim of the mass kidnap of schoolchildren.

Police in Sokoto confirmed that bandits abducted 15 Tsangaya schoolchildren and one woman at Gidan Bukaso, Gada Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State.

The authorities confirmed the incident which happened around 10:00 am when the bandits invaded the community.

As they made their way out of the town, they sighted the students rushing into their rooms and abducted some of them.

The spokesman of the Sokoto State Police Command Ahmed Rufai disclosed that the Sangaya Islamic School belongs to one Malam Liman Abubakar.

Nigeria Police

He explained that the abducted woman was also taken from the school.

While no life was lost in the attack, police authorities have mobilized to the village for a rescue operation to ensure the children are back unhurt.

The attack came hours before the Sokoto State Government held a ceremony for the passing out of its Community Guards Corps, a security outfit aimed at tackling banditry and other crimes in the North-West State.

Saturday’s abduction is the latest in the renewed kidnapping of students in Nigeria. Earlier in the week, bandits took away more than 200 students in Kaduna State.

That incident has drawn condemnation from wide and near including UNICEF, Amnesty International, and a host of other agencies and personalities. President Bola Tinubu has also mandated the immediate rescue of the students.

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