{"id":3895,"date":"2024-03-11T06:48:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T06:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3895"},"modified":"2024-03-11T06:48:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T06:48:47","slug":"at-least-287-school-children-kidnapped-by-armed-gunmen-in-northwest-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3895","title":{"rendered":"At Least 287 School Children Kidnapped By Armed Gunmen In Northwest Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least 287 school children, some as young as eight years old, are being held by gunmen who raided their school in Nigeria\u2019s northwestern Kaduna State early Thursday, a police spokesperson told CNN Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 300 students were taken early Thursday by the armed bandits on motorcycles who stormed the LEA Primary and Secondary School in the Kuriga village of Kaduna\u2019s Chikun district, the state\u2019s police spokesman Mansur Hassan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the students were rescued but 287 of them remain with the kidnappers, Hassan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-499f95cbb9f36d58b3fa14a44a6a3c4a ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"be\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t5NkvFTrRAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe>-<\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStudents were kidnapped from the school premises on Thursday morning around 8:00 am (local time). About 287 students are still in the hands of the bandits, 100 from the primary side and 187 from the secondary school,\u201d Hassan said, adding that \u201cover 300 students were initially kidnapped, but some were rescued.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Reuters reported that 227 children were kidnapped, citing a teacher, local councilor, and parents of the missing children. Several other reports including the Washington Post and a local outlet report 287, citing the school\u2019s headteacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CNN cannot independently verify these figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governor of Kaduna state, Uba Sani said in a&nbsp;statement&nbsp;Thursday that his government was \u201cdoing everything possible to ensure the safe return of the pupils and students\u201d kidnapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sani also said a member of the community who confronted the abductors during the attack was killed, adding that the President of Nigeria and the National Security Adviser were aware of the situation, and a Security Committee and a military base will be established in Kuriga to strengthen security in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaduna state, which borders the Nigerian capital Abuja to the southwest, has grappled with recurring incidents of kidnappings for ransom by bandits and has witnessed several mass abductions in recent years, including in the district where LEA Primary and Secondary School is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2021, at least at least 140 students were kidnapped by armed men from a private secondary school. The incident came just months after around 20 students from a private university in Chikun\u2019s Kasarami village were abducted by gunmen, five of whom were killed after a ransom deadline was not met, family members told CNN at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amnesty International\u2019s Nigeria office&nbsp;condemned the kidnapping&nbsp;while urging authorities to take immediate measures \u201cto&nbsp;prevent attacks on schools,&nbsp;to&nbsp;protect children\u2019s lives and their right to education.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 287 school children, some as young as eight years old, are being held by gunmen who raided their school in Nigeria\u2019s northwestern Kaduna State early Thursday, a police spokesperson told CNN Friday. 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