A school in Kebbi State identified as the Federal Government College in Birnin-Yauri was yesterday attacked by Bandits who abducted scores of its students and killing a cop.
A policeman who tried to challenge the bandits was gunned down, according to witnesses in the town.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Birnin-Yauri is in Yelwa-Yauri LGA of the state.
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The attack was the latest in a series of group kidnappings at schools in northwest Nigeria, which have been attributed by the authorities to armed bandits seeking ransom payments.
A spokesman for the police in Kebbi State, Nafiu Abubakar, narrated that one officer had been shot dead during an exchange of fire between police and gunmen, and a student had also been shot and was receiving medical treatment.
‘We are still trying to ascertain the number of students kidnapped but five teachers were kidnapped,’ Abubakar said.
He said security forces were searching nearby forests for the abducted students and teachers.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
