By SCM Correspondent in Jos
NIGERIA is reeling from a fresh wave of terror this week after savage armed bandits stormed a Catholic school and snatched an unconfirmed number of innocent pupils and staff.
The heartbreaking raid on St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, has plunged another community into an abyss of despair, just days after a similar mass abduction rocked Kebbi State.
A desperate search is now underway for the stolen students—kids whose biggest worry should be homework, not the terrifying glare of an armed abductor.
The terrifying siege at St. Mary’s confirms the sickening pattern: the monsters are not slowing down.
Only four days ago, 25 students were seized in a nearby state. One pupil made a miraculous escape from that ordeal, but the rest remain captive, their fate hanging in the balance.
Now, Nigeria faces the same tragedy again.
The abduction wave is being described by local commentators as a “grim national routine”—a chilling phrase that sums up the feeling of helplessness spreading across the nation.
The audacity and frequency of these lightning-fast attacks are causing fury and fear in equal measure.
A source close to the tragedy said the crisis is now a terrifying, tangible threat, stating: “The flames on the mountain are no longer metaphorical; they are real, fierce, and advancing.”
The repeated security failures are a massive indictment of a country struggling to protect its own children.
”Who is next? Which community will be thrown into despair tomorrow?” is the desperate question being whispered in homes and churches across the country.
At the scene of the tragedy, frightened staff and parents could only cling to hope.
In a country where the promise of protection rings hollow, one commentator tragically observed:
”We can only entrust our children, and our very lives, into the hands of the Almighty.”
Prayers are being said tonight for the safe return of the students and teachers of St. Mary’s as the whole world watches in horror.
