Bandits Attack Niger School, Kill One, Abduct Many Students

  

Some students and staff of Government Science College, Kagara, in Niger State, were kidnapped when bandits stormed the school in the early hours of Wednesday.

A student was also reportedly killed by the bandits during the attack.

According to a source in the town, the attack started from the staff quarters and ended in the students hostels. 

The source added that the bandits attacked the school at 2am.

The source said, “A staff by name Batagi, who was among those kidnapped, has escaped and is in the school now (as of the time of filing this report). Others are still with the bandits.

Wednesday attack happened barely two months after bandits kidnapped over 300 schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State.