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BBHS Students’ Kidnap – Parents Protest Over Bandit’s Kidnap of their Children

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On Monday bandits invaded the Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Rido in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped no fewer than 140 students.

A teacher in the school, known as Emmanuel Paul, reportedly stated that 140 students were abducted by the bandits, who attacked the school located along the Kaduna-Kachia highway at 1am. He said “They came at 1am and made away with 140 students,”.

The police reported however that, a few hours after the abduction, security agents rescued 26 of the abducted students.

A few hours after the latest kidnapping in Kaduna,  it was learnt that two security agents were killed by the bandits who laid an ambush after the incident.

“We learnt that after rescuing some of the students, two of the security operatives were killed during an ambush by the bandits”, a source said.

It also was learnt the bandits broke the perimeter fence and went straight to the boys’ hostel, where they forcefully led some students to the girls hostel.

A student, who escaped to the back of the hostel during the raid, said the abducted schoolboys were made to stay in front of girls’ hostel where female students were forced out and jointly taken away with the boys.

A  parent, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said when the bandits arrived at the school, “They started shooting sporadically and headed straight to the boys hostel. They had a field day before proceeding to the female hostel. From there, they took  the students into the bush through the broken perimeter fencing.”

Following the abduction, aggrieved parents barricaded the Kaduna – Kachia highway and called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the state.

Pandemonium arose as protesting parents stormed the school as early as 4am when they learnt about the attack,  they sat in the middle of the highway and refused to leave , vowing that they would remain in  the school until they were reunite with their children.

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