Kaduna: Gunmen storm secondary school, kidnap six students and two teachers
Armed men have abducted six schoolgirls and two teachers after raiding a private secondary school in Kaduna State.
The attackers stormed Engravers College, a mixed-gender school in Sabo, Chikun Local Government Area, at about 12:10 a.m., the school’s bursar, Elvis Allah-Yaro, told newsmen. A mother told newsmen her 16-year-old senior secondary school two student was amongst those abducted at the college. Security personnel have started investigation and search for the girls and the two staff members that were kidnapped,” Mr Allah-Yaro said by telephone Thursday afternoon. He added that the Kaduna State commissioner in charge of security had arrived the scene and coordinating rescue efforts with security. The school official confirmed six students and two staff members abducted. A spokesperson for the police in Kaduna, Yakubu Abubakar Sabo, could not immediately give comments about the development, telling newsmen he would revert after making findings.