At the small hours on Monday around 9am some anonymous bandits have kidnapped students and teachers from UBE Primary School in Rama, a village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Some Community members who reported to newsmen, disclosed that the incident happened while pupils where walking into the school around 9am on Monday.
A resident in the community, Abdulsalam Adam, said the gunmen came on about 12 motorcycles.
“I have been told that three teachers and some pupils have been abducted but we are trying to ascertain the true situation. Right now, our vigilante boys and other volunteers have gone after the bandits,” he said.
“We are in the school right now, what we are trying to do is comb the bushes because some of the children ran into the bush. So, we don’t know how many were abducted at the moment.”
Another resident, Mai Saje Rama, said: “There is a particular parent whose name is Halilu. He said he saw them carry his son on a motorcycle. Most of them decided to brave it by going after the bandits. We are in the school and we have sent for security agents but they have not arrived yet.”
Also a resident from Birnin Gwari, Mohammadu Birnin Gwari, disclosed that two of his brothers were part of the teachers kidnapped.
He disclosed that their names as Umar Hassan and Rabiu Salisu Takau.
