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Details have emerged of how bandits kidnapped 287 pupils of Kuriga Primary and Secondary School in Local Government Area of Kaduna during an attack on Thursday.
One of the Government Secondary School Kuriga teachers, Sani Abdullahi, narrated the incident when Governor Uba Sani led senior government officials and security top brass to the Kuriga Village Head’s palace.
Abdullahi said: “I resumed to the school today at exactly 7:47am. I entered the Acting Principal’s office and signed. All of a sudden, the Acting Principal asked me to look at my back and when I turned, we discovered that bandits had surrounded the school premises.
“We became confused, we didn’t know where to go. Then, the bandits asked us to enter the bush, so we obeyed them because they were many and the pupils, about 700 were following us. So, when we entered the bush, I was lucky to escape alongside many other people.
“We became confused, we didn’t know where to go. Then, the bandits asked us to enter the bush, so we obeyed them because they were many and the pupils, about 700 were following us. So, when we entered the bush, I was lucky to escape alongside many other people.
“At GSS Kuriga, 187 students are missing. In the primary school, 125 pupils were initially missing, but 25 of them escaped and returned home,” he narrated.
Governor Uba Sani assured the community he would do everything possible to ensure all the children return home unhurt.
The Governor said: “In my capacity as your elected Governor, I am assuring you that, by the grace of God, all the children will return unhurt.
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