É o mais recente rapto de um grande número de estudantes, sob resgate, no país.
Dezenas de homens armados invadiram os dormitórios de uma escola feminina no noroeste da Nigéria durante a noite e raptaram um "grande número" de raparigas, disse à France Presse um professor do estabelecimento de ensino.
"Mais de 300 raparigas estão dadas como desaparecidas", disse à AFP Sadi Kawaye, professor da escola de Jangebe, no Estado nigeriano de Zamfara.
Trata-se do mais recente rapto de um grande número de estudantes, sob resgate, no país.
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Hundreds of schoolgirls missing in northwest Nigeria after kidnapping
Text by: FRANCE 24 26/02/2021
Several hundred girls are missing after a raid by suspected armed bandits on a school hostel in Zamfara, northwest Nigeria, a teacher and parent told AFP on Friday, in what would be the latest mass kidnapping in the troubled region.
A spokesman for Zamfara’s state governor, Zailani Bappa, said he saw reports of the attack on social media and checked with a police official who told him there had been abductions at a school in the state. He was unable to provide further details.
Heavily armed criminal gangs in northwest and central Nigeria have stepped up attacks in recent years, kidnapping for ransom, raping and pillaging.
"More than 300 girls are unaccounted for after a headcount of remaining students," said a teacher at the Government Girls Secondary School Jangebe who asked to remain anonymous.
A parent told AFP he had received a call about the incident.
"I'm on my way to Jangebe. I received a call that the school was invaded by bandits who took away schoolgirls. I have two daughters in the school," said Sadi Kawaye.
Police have not yet confirmed the incident.
Last week, unidentified gunmen killed a student in an overnight attack on a boarding school in the north-central state of Niger and kidnapped 42 people, including 27 students. The hostages are yet to be released.
More than 300 boys were kidnapped from a school in December in Kankara, in President Muhammadu Buhari's home state of Katsina, while he was visiting the region.
The boys were later released after negotiations with government officials but the incident triggered global outrage.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP and REUTERS)
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Zamfara School Abduction: ‘Close To 550 Girls Are Missing’
Out of 600 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, about 50 were left behind,...
By Shehu Umar, Gusau dailytrust.com Fri Feb 26 2021
Out of 600 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, about 50 were left behind, a teacher who pleaded for anonymity told Daily Trust.
Gunmen had stormed the school in the early hours of Friday, abducting many students.
The teacher said parents of the students, who escaped the abduction, came as early as 5: am to take away their daughters, adding that some mothers of kidnapped girls were slumping on the school premises.
“Initially, the school authorities prevented them from going with the remaining students but they grew angrier and began to pull down doors and windows of the buildings in the school and the school authority had to yield to their demands.
“When the gunmen laid siege, they attacked the soldiers stationed in the community before they gained entry into the school.
“Some people told us that they stationed vehicles at the outskirts of the school.
“Security operatives and the local vigilante groups are trailing the gunmen and dozens of other residents have volunteered to take part in the search,” he said.
‘No idea of number’
However, the Zamfara State Government has said the number of students abducted from the school is unknown.
Speaking with Daily Trust, the state’s commissioner of information, Alhaji Sulaiman Tunau Anka, said the exact number of abducted students is yet to be ascertained.
“We are yet to verify the exact number of students kidnapped.
“Security operatives have launched a manhunt for the criminals.”
“They went to the school with vehicles. Some of the girls were made to trek. We are on top of the situations as all contacts and efforts are being made to rescue the kidnapped schoolgirls,” he said.
The abduction happened hours after the state government said some repentant bandits had surrendered their arms.
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has been pushing for a dialogue with bandits for peace to reign.
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