School Abduction: 39 Students Still Missing – Kaduna Govt

• The attackers were reported to have invaded the school through a fence and went straight to the school hostel and abducted many students and staff

The Kaduna State government has confirmed that a total of 39 students are missing after gunmen attacked the Federal College of Forestry in the state.

Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in the state, Samuel Aruwan confirmed this in a statement on Friday.

He noted that 23 female and 16 male students have yet to be accounted for following the early morning attack on the school located in the Afaka area of Igabi Local Government Area of the state.

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The commissioner, however, gave an assurance that the state government was maintaining close communication with the management of the college.

He added that efforts were being sustained by the security agencies to tracking the missing students who were apparently abducted by the bandits.

The attackers were reported to have invaded the school through a fence and went straight to the school hostel and abducted many students and staff.

But the arrival of troops of the Nigerian Army was said to have prevented the bandits from taking more students into captivity.

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