At least, 10 students of Government Secondary School, Awon in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been kidnapped by suspected terrorists.
The state’s commissioner in charge of the Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the abduction of the students.
The students were taken hostage on Monday, according to Aruwan.
“The Kaduna State Government has received preliminary reports from security agencies on the kidnapping of about 10 students in Kachia LGA,” the commissioner stated.
“According to the preliminary reports, the students of Government Secondary School, Awon (a day secondary school) were kidnapped on Monday,” he added.
The exact location of the incident is yet to be ascertained, but the government say detailed reports are being awaited to clarify whether the incident occurred within the school premises or elsewhere.
He has promised to provide more details to the incident in later hours.
Kaduna State in North West is one of the states that have suffered serious terrorists’ attacks in recent times. Last year, the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai raised the alarm of a possible overrun of the state by bandits.
El-Rufai said he was sharing governance of the state with the terrorists who were pushed down the northern belt as a result of the onslaught against terrorists by the Nigerian Army in the north eastern part of the country.
