(CNN) At least 27 students were abducted Wednesday when armed men raided a state-run school in Niger State, north-west Nigeria, a government official told CNN. The gunmen, wearing military fatigues according to witnesses, stormed the Government Science Secondary School Kagara at around 2am on Wednesday morning. The tally of people abducted from the boarding school facility could also rise as an unknown number of teachers are still missing, the spokeswoman for the Niger state governor told CNN. "Information reaching us is that 27 students are still missing. Students pack their bags to leave the school after the abduction.

Source: CNN February 17, 2021 10:26 UTC