Gunmen Abduct Six Female Students, Two Teachers In Kaduna

Unknown gunmen on Thursday invaded a secondary school in Kaduna state where six female students and two teachers were abducted.

The incident took place at Kakau Daji, a village located behind the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company (KRPC) in Chikun Local Government Area of the state.

Reports revealed that the unknown gunmen had made their way into the school’s premises through a broken fence and stormed the girls hostel where the girls were abducted.

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The incident was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, Mr Yakubu Sabo in an interview with journalists.

The whereabout of the abducted girls and their teachers was yet to be ascertained as of the time of filling this report.

The press statement reads in part, “the Command received an information through DPO Tall Gate, in the early hours of today 03/10/2019 at about 0310hrs that, some armed men gained entry into the Engravers College, a Boarding secondary school in a remote area near Kakau Daji village in Chikun L.G.A and took away two staff of the college and six (6) female students to unknown destination.

“On receipt of that information, the Command immediately mobilized combined teams of Anti-kidnapping, SARS, and conventional police to the area for possible rescue of the victims and arresting the perpetrators of the unfortunate incident. IGP’s Intelligent Respond team (IRT) has been contacted for technical support.

“The Command therefore, is using this opportunity to reiterate its call on all the private school proprietors within the State to liaise with their nearest Police formation and promptly report incidents or suspicious persons around schools to forestall future occurrence of ugly incidents.

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Ali Aji Janga however assured the public that the police would do everything possible to rescue the abducted victims from the grip of the unknown gunmen.

He said “we are assuring the general public that, the Command is doing everything possible to secure the release of all the victims unhurt.”

CP Janga however urged the public to with useful information that could help in rescuing the abducted victims to report such information to the nearest police station.