Twenty-five school children and one female teacher among scores of persons kidnapped by bandits at Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State have been rescued.
In the early hours of Monday morning, the bandits stormed the school, located at Maraban Rido within the Chikun Local Government Area of the State and kidnapped a yet to be ascertained number of students.
Eyewitnesses claim over 140 students were abducted, although the State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammed Jalige while confirming the incident, asserted that the numbers are unspecified.
The kidnappers took away 140 students, only 25 students escaped. We still have no idea where the students were taken, Emmanuel Paul, a teacher at the school, told AFP.
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According to the PPRO, a joint team of the Nigeria Police, Army, and Navy Operatives on a rescue mission gave the bandits a hot pursuit occasioned by a tactical application of weapons, rescuing 26 persons- including a female teacher safely.
A rescue operation is still ongoing to ensure that all victims are safely returned.
However, the Police encourage parents not to be deterred by the recent bandits’ activities in the State targeting schools and learning institutions as strategic measures will be emplaced to forestall further occurrence of such dastardly acts of criminality against
innocent children.