Suspected bandits, on Monday morning, stormed Bethel Secondary School, Maramara in Chickun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping scores of students in the process.
The attack came on the heels of the alarm sounded by the State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai last week that bandits planned to attack the Capital School, a puic institution, where his two children attend, to kidnap them.
He said he had on the basis of that security report withdrawn them and that they were now engaged in home schooling.
Bethel Secondary School is a boarding school located on the outskirts of Kaduna.
A report by Daily Post quoted one Mr Daniel Muhuta, a security guard in the school, to have said: “I escaped narrowly. They came around 1.00am and started shooting. I was at the back of the school domentary when I heard shooting and decided to pin down.”
As of the time of filling this report, security operatives had cordoned off the area, even as parents and relatives of the kidnapped students gathered at the main entrance in a sorrowful mood.
Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige did not pick his calls and did not respond to text messages sent to him.
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