Attacks on school children by ransom-seeking armed bandits has continued in the northern part of the country with a group of armed men abducting 15 Tsangaya students at Gidan Bakuso in Gada Local Government area of Sokoto State.
Daily Trust reports that the students were abducted from their school around 1:am on Saturday, March 9.
The proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar, said that 15 students have been unaccounted for so far but “we are still counting.”
According to Abubakar, the bandits invaded the town around 1am, shot one person and abducted a woman.
“As they were leaving the town, they sighted our students rushing into their rooms and they kidnapped many of them. We have so far counted 15 who are missing and we are still searching for more” he said.
Abubakar added that this was not the first time the village was attacked by bandits.
