Nationnewslead reports that At least one student was killed early yesterday by bandits, while 27 others and 15 staff of Government Science College were also abducted at Kagara in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State.
Three of the 15 staff abducted were teachers, while the remaining 12 were family members of staff of the school.
The attack, which occurred around 2:00am, compelled the state government to close all boarding schools in four local government areas, including Rafi, Mariga, Munya and Shiroro, where the bandits have been very active in the last two weeks.
Coming barely five days after bandits hijacked a passenger bus owned by the state’s transport company and kidnapped its occupants, the incidents caused President Muhammadu Buhari to deploy security chiefs to the state to begin search for the kidnapped students and their teachers.
He also sent a delegation, comprising the National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno, Inspector- General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and his Information and Culture counterpart, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to meet with the state governor Sani Abubakar Bello.
The incident also compelled the Senate, at yesterday’s plenary, to urge President Buhari to declare a state of emergency on insecurity in the country.
How it happened, by school principal
Explaining how the attack happened yesterday, the Principal of the college, Mr. Aliyu Isah, said: ‘’The bandits forced the gate open, came to my apartment, held me and asked me to lead them to the hostel.
‘’They told the students not to run, that they were soldiers, because two of them were dressed in Army camouflage, while one was in black. Some of the students managed to run into the bush, as the bandits started shooting sporadically.’’
One of the students who managed to escape the attack, said the bandits chased after them, shooting ceaselessly.
According to him, it was in the process one of their schoolmates, identified as Benjamin Doma, was hit in the head by a bullet and he died on the spot.
He said some of the bandits were also dressed in the school’s uniform to deceive the students, lamenting that security men did not respond on time.
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