Some students of Prince Academy in Chikun local government
area of Kaduna state have been abducted.
The students who were preparing for their examination were
abducted on Monday morning.
The gunmen were said to have first raided houses in
Damba-Kasaya community in Chikun LGA before heading to the school.
Bawa Wakili, a resident of the community, said the gunmen came “in a large number like they always do” and were shooting sporadically throughout the operation.
Wakili, who lamented the security situation in rural
communities, said he relocated to Damba-Kasaya a couple of months ago after an
attack on Rumana Gbagyi, his village, still in Chikun LGA.
“They abducted many people in the village, then they went to
Prince Academy and abducted many of the students who were receiving lessons for
their JSS3 exams,” he said.
“I cannot say how many people were kidnapped, but they went
away with many people. Soldiers who came to the rescue , turned back after some
few kilometres, leaving some of the villagers who accompanied them to rescue
the victims.
“The villagers, not knowing that the soldiers had withdrawn, kept pursuing the bandits in the bush, the bandits fired at them and one person was killed.”
Mohammed Jalige, spokesman of the Kaduna state police
command, could not be reached for comments as his mobile phone was switched
off.
Chikun is one of the Kaduna LGAs that has recorded multiple
attacks.
Four days ago, gunmen broke into a hotel in Damishi
community in Chikun, abducting six people including, two nursing mothers and
their babies.
Earlier on Monday, Amnesty International said bandits have
killed at least 1,126 villagers across Nigeria in 2020 alome.
In a new report, the human rights watchdog said the killings
were carried out from January to June 2020 during which about 380 people were
also abducted by the bandits.
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