Kaduna state’s security commissioner, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the attack but did not say how many students had been taken. Sani Danjuma, a student at the college, said those abducted were all female students, but authorities were unable to confirm this. They told us that gunmen raided the school and abducted some of the students.”Salisu said he had seen military personnel taking the remaining students into the academy. On Friday morning, relatives of students gathered at the gates of the college, which was surrounded by around 20 army trucks. LAWLESS REGIONBanditry has festered for years in northwest Nigeria, rendering large swathes of the region lawless.

Source: Egypt Independent March 12, 2021 09:11 UTC