Breaking : Bandits Invade Primary School Premises, Abduct Teachers, Pupils

Pupils and teachers of Universal Basic Education, UBE Primary School in Rama, a village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have been abducted by bandits.

Daily Trust reports that the incident happened while the pupils were entering the school around 9 am on Monday.

A similar incident has been reported on Friday when 39 students from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State were kidnapped by bandits.

The gunmen have since released several videos showing the abducted students being maltreated as they beg the governments to pay the N500m ransom being demanded by the criminals.

Parents of the students had also confirmed that the abductors have reached out and are demanding the sum of N500 million.

Details later…