- Military cordons area in search of the bandits and abducted students
Bandits in the early hours of Monday attacked Bethel Secondary School, Maramara, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping an unconfirmed number of the students.
Sources said that the bandits stormed the Secondary School around 1:00 a.m. today, Monday, July 5, 2021.
Bethel is a Secondary School owned by the Baptist Church and is a boarding school located at the outskirts of Kaduna.
According to Mr. Daniel Muhuta, a security guard in the school, “I escaped narrowly. They came around 1.00am and started shooting. I was at the back of the school dormitory when I heard shooting and decided to pin down.”
Said the source, “four of the students escaped from the kidnappers while some ran into the Marmara, our village immediately after before Kujama. Military people have cordoned off the place now.
“I don’t know the exact number of the students the kidnappers went away with, but I understand that only about 19 students were left in the school as I speak with.”
Alarmed parents and guardians of the students are already rushing to the school to ascertain the state of their own children.
