Bandits abduct over 80 children in Zamfara

ZAMFARA – Not less than 80 children have been abducted from Zamfara, the BBC has reported.

According to the BBC Hausa Service, the children were between ages 12 and 17 and were abducted from Tsafe Local Government of Zamfara.

Reports of abduction intensified in Northern Nigeria after the 2023 general election.

Former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Professor Onje Gye-Wado was also abducted few minutes before night at his country home, Rinza Village in Wamba Local Government.

His kidnappers reportedly gained entrance into the compound through the fence, broke  the window to his wife’s apartment and whisked the professor to an unknown destination.

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On Tuesday, April 4, Gunmen in northern Kaduna state kidnapped eight secondary school students coming from school along with an unknown number of others, authorities.

Commissioner for Internal Security, Mr. Samuel Aruwan said the gunmen on Monday abducted the eight students from Awon Government Secondary School in the Kachia local government area.

“The management of the school has submitted the names and classes of the kidnapped students,” said Aruwan.