Many students of Government Science College (GSC) Kagara, in Niger State, have been abducted by armed bandits on Tuesday night.

The gunmen, in military uniform,  engaged security guard in battle after which  they abducted the students.

A student was reportedly killed during the attack as some students escaped from the bandits.

A headcount is being conducted at the school in the wee hours of Wednesday to ascertain the actual number of missing students

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Also  the Village Head of Kusherki in Rafi Local Government Area Mas’ud Abubakar was killed and his wife and children were abducted on Monday just as nine vigilante were killed and twenty three (23) abducted at Kachuae under Munya local government area.

Governor Sani Bello described as callous and regrettable, the murder of the traditional ruler and numerous others challenging  and urged the security agencies to intensify their search to ‘fish-out’ and ensure that the perpetrators of such heinous acts are brought to justice.

“The situation, particularly in the last 72 hours, has become regrettably alarming! While efforts are ongoing to secure the release of the abducted NSTA passengers, we heard that of Kusherki and Kachuae.

We are witnessing these attacks now, almost, on daily basis and it is worrisome”, the statement said.

The Governor said the state government will not be deterred nor discouraged by the recent turn of events stressing that the existing collective resolve of government, security agencies and the people must be sustained to checkmate the situation.

Niger State has witnessed the influx of Armed Bandits in recent times, making sporadic attacks at villages, maiming, killing and abducting people with reckless abandon in some local government areas of the state.