Nigerian authorities raised to 287 Quantity kidnapped group nigerian bandits who attacked on Thursday primary education center able Kadunain the north-central African country.

The attack of these criminal gangs on the school and Institute of Local Education Governance in the city of Kuriga initially led to a kidnapping 127 primary school students and others 187 secondary school plus one of the directors named Abubakar Isa.

However, 25 elementary school students and another teacher managed to escape of his captors shortly after the attack, which occurred shortly before 8:00 a.m., according to authorities at the state governor’s center, Uba Sani.

Teacher Sani Abdullahi, who managed to escape, explained to the governor that shortly after the abduction “vigilante group”members of local self-defense, starred in shootout with kidnappers release underperforming students. According to the Nigerian newspaper, one of these “vigilantes” died during the battle.Daily Trust‘.

Kuriga High School was already site of gang attacks in previous years and that is why the authorities decided to integrate it into the primary school.

The Nigerian Army has been campaigning for years against these “bandits,” a mafia that specializes in kidnapping and extortion that has devastated entire communities in the country, referring to young students. The government, in order to facilitate military operations, designated these gangs as terrorist groups.

The army has A total of 4,488 hostages were released. kidnapped in the hands of so-called “bandits” and other terrorist groups during their operations in 2023, which also led to death of six thousand 880 criminal elements and others six thousand 790 detainees.

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For his part, the representative UNICEF in Nigeria, Christian Munduateasked immediate return of the stolen property and took the opportunity to condemn “alarming trend” this has been threatening the population of the north of the country for many years.

“The alarming frequency of such incidents across the country is a sign a crisis that requires immediate and decisive action by the governmentat all levels and in society. “Schools should be havens for learning and growth, not places of fear and violence,” he said.

In fact, the representative recalls that “just a day before this incident, the UN Resident Coordinator mentioned abductions of large numbers of women, girls and boys member of an armed group” in Borno State, northwestern Nigeria.

Thus, Munduate referred to the abduction of dozens of women displaced by the conflict in northeast Nigeria by alleged members jihadist group Boko Haram.

Security sources quoted by Nigerian newspaperDaily TrustThey indicated that the event took place in Ngala and added that the number there may have been “about 113” abducted womenwhich would be one of the largest incidents of this type in the country.

UNICEF has already started coordination of tasks with local authorities and providing assistance to affected parents and families through psychological support services. “Our hearts go out to the families of the abducted students and staff, and we accompany them in these troubling moments,” Munduate said.

(EFE)