Buhari Orders Military Crackdown To Rescue Hundreds Of Kidnapped Schoolboys

Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered military crackdown in order to ensure safe release of hundreds of Schoolboys kidnapped by suspected bandits from their school in Niger State, North Central part of the country, in the early hours of Wednesday.

Also, the Niger State Government has reportedly ordered the closure of all boarding schools in the state following the abduction of the schoolboys. 

The gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang stormed a school in central Nigeria, killing one student and kidnapping hundreds of others along with some teachers, sources said Wednesday.

Heavily-armed gangs known locally as “bandits” in the northwest and central Nigeria have stepped up attacks in recent years, kidnapping for ransom, raping and pillaging.

In this case, large numbers of gunmen dressed in military uniforms, in the early hours of Wednesday, stormed the Government Science College (GSC) in the town of Kagara in Niger State before hauling students into a nearby forest, a government official and a security source said.

“Bandits went into GSC Kagara last night and kidnapped hundreds of students and their teachers,” said the official, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue.

“One of the kidnapped staff and some students managed to escape. The staff confirmed a student was shot dead during the kidnap operation,” the official said.

Like earlier said, the Niger State Government have ordered the closure of all boarding schools in the state following the abduction of the schoolboys.