The rustic Kuriga community in Chikum Local Government of Kaduna State was thrown into a state of confusion on Thursday dare-devil bandits reportedly invaded the LEA Primary School in the town, kidnapping scores of pupils.
A resident of the community, said no fewer than 100 pupils were taken away by the bandits who stormed the town in large numbers, according to The Punch.
It was also gathered that the head teacher of the school as well as other staff were among those abducted by the hoodlums.
Reports say the invaders on Wednesday night through the early hours of Thursday attacked the community, kidnapping unspecified numbers of the residents.
The incident which eyewitnesses said happened from 11pm to 3am Thursday, forced residents to troop out to protest what they described as the audacity of the hoodlums in attacking the area.
The invasion of the Kaduna school took place as Federal lawmakers called on security agencies to rescue about 300 women kidnapped in Borno State last week.
It was reported that the women were taken into custody by suspected Boko Haram jihadists while searching for firewood in the forest of Gamboru Ngala.
Moving a motion on a matter of urgent public importance on the floor of the House on Thursday, a member representing Bama/Ngala/Kalabalge Federal Constituency of Borno State, Zainab Gimba, described the abduction as worrisome like the April 2014 abduction of school girls in Chibok.
Gimba said, “I want to bring to the notice of the House that about 300 women were abducted while fetching firewood for domestic and commercial purposes in my constituency.
“I am calling on security agencies to as a matter of urgency, see to the rescue of these women who went in search of their daily bread.
“The House notes that this is the second biggest number of abductions after the Chibok girls’ abduction that took place in 2014 even though, some of those girls are still in captivity.”
