Kidnappers abduct unknown number of university students

Reuters 25 April 2021

According to police, kidnappers killed one person and took an unknown number of students from a university in northwest Nigeria’s restive Kaduna state in the latest in a series of abductions at educational institutions, reports Reuters.

Armed groups have repeatedly struck northern Nigerian schools and universities since December, abducting more than 700 students for ransom. The government and security forces have largely been unable to stop the attacks as they struggle to contain worsening violence and criminality across the West African country.

The armed kidnappers came on foot and struck Greenfield University in Kaduna at around 8.15pm on Tuesday 20 April, state police spokesman Mohammed Jalige said by telephone. “One of the staff of the university was shot dead, but the number of students abducted is not yet ascertained,” said Jalige. A university staff member, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the kidnappers had seized 17 male students. Greenfield University could not immediately be reached for comment.
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