An unknown variety of pupils have been kidnapped by armed males from a Catholic college in central Nigeria, marking the second college kidnapping in lower than per week.
The newest assault focused St Mary’s Faculty in Papiri, Niger state, the place authorities had already ordered the short-term closure of all boarding faculties as a result of rising safety threats.
“The precise variety of kidnapped pupils is but to be confirmed as safety businesses proceed to evaluate the state of affairs,” Niger state authorities mentioned in an announcement.
Nigeria has confronted a renewed wave of assaults by armed teams in latest days, together with the kidnapping on Monday of 25 schoolgirls from a boarding college in close by Kebbi state.
