Tobi Adebayo
About 40 girls have been abducted from the Federal Government College in Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State.
According to reports, a security operative was shot dead during the operation.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Adeleke Adeyinka-Bode, confirmed the incident in an interview on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi
“The truth is that the attack took place and five teachers have been taken away, four male and one female, but the number of students abducted is not known yet.
“The attack took place around 12:pm, and during the crossfire between police and the bandits, some students had been injured and one police officer was also injured and another was killed. These are the facts I can give to you,” he said.
The police commissioner said that the school principal who should provide details of the number of students abducted was still in shock.
“The principal is not in the best state of mind as I am speaking to you now, because parents have trooped into the school searching for their children.
“So the principal cannot make proper headcount call,” he added
This comes days after gunmen invaded the main campus of the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Zaria, Kaduna state and abducted two lecturers, eight students.
Kaduna’s Commissioner of Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan confirmed a student was shot dead during the operation.
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