Gunmen kidnapped 227 children from school in Nigeria

“According to the statistics we compiled with parents, the number of abductees is 187 in secondary school and 40 in primary school,” said Sani Abdullahi, a home economics teacher at the affected school. The kidnappings are said to have taken place shortly after the morning school assembly.

It is believed to be the largest mass kidnapping from a school since 2021. Parents blamed the kidnapping on the lack of security in the area. The police in Kaduna state have not yet responded to inquiries about the kidnappings. The governor of Kaduna, Uba Sani, promised to work for the release of the students. Amnesty International called on the Nigerian authorities to bring the students to safety and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Kidnappings for ransom are not uncommon in northern Nigeria. The last major kidnapping of school children in Kaduna was reported in July 2021, when gunmen abducted more than 150 students in a raid. The children were reunited with their families months later after they paid a ransom.

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