Security agencies in Kaduna State have foiled another kidnap attack at Government Science Secondary School, Ikara.
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan stated this in a press statement made available to ait. live this Sunday.
Aruwan said between the late hours of Saturday night and the early hours of today, suspected bandits stormed the Government Science Secondary School, Ikara, Ikara local government area, in an attempt to kidnap students.
He further stated that the students were able to alert security forces in the area through the security warning system.
The security forces comprising the troops of the Nigerian Army, Police, and some security volunteers moved swiftly to the school and engaged the bandits, forcing them to flee.
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According to Aruwan, all the 307 students in the school are safe following a headcount by the school management.
Similarly, around Ifira village in the Igabi local government area, bandits attempted to attack senior staff quarters around the Kaduna Airport general area but were repelled by troops of the Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian Army, with many escaping with gunshot wounds.
The Kaduna State Government acknowledges the efforts of the security agencies in the recent rescue of 180 students in the vicinity of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka.
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs on behalf of the state government thanked the Military, Police, Department of State Services, and other security agencies, whose swift intervention prevented the bandits from abducting more persons.
(Editor: Abaje Usekwe )
