Over 200 primary school pupils, secondary school students and a teacher of the junior secondary school Abubakar Isah, were abducted around Thursday, March 7th, 2024, by bandits who stormed LGEA Primary School, Kuriga (1), Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Part of the secondary school was relocated to the primary school due to insecurity.
One of the students, Rabilu Ahmed, who had earlier escaped during the invasion with gunshot wounds and was rushed to the General Hospital, Birnin Gwari, reportedly died thereafter.
Jibril Gwadabe Kuriga, a journalist with Radio Nigeria Kaduna and cousin to Rabilu Ahmed, confirmed to Reuters that Rabilu died while receiving treatment at the hospital.
Kuriga said: ” The bandits stormed the school around 8:25am after the schools morning assembly gathering and abducted over 200 combined pupils and students and a teacher of the junior secondary school section of the school.
The school principal, Idris Sufyan was killed and his wife kidnapped over a month ago. However, I’m optimistic their freedom will be secured,’’ he said.
The junior and secondary schools relocated to the school building inside the Kuriga town a few years ago due to insecurity concerns, abandoning their former school building located outside the town.
A resident, Shittu, confirmed the incident, saying most of the pupils ran out of their classes when they sighted the bandits on the school premises.
Another resident, Lawal Kuriga, also said that the abducted victims were marched into the forest.
As of the time of filing this report, there was no official reaction from the state government or the police.
Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs is yet to respond to calls and messages sent to his mobile number.
