A vigilante group at Aiyetoro Kiri in Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State yesterday foiled bandits’ invasion of Kiri High School and prevented the students from being abducted.
The attack came days after bandits abducted 25 schoolgirls of Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State, who have since been released and over 300 students/pupils of St Mary’s Catholic School in Niger State.
This is even as the chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the 19 Northern states and FCT, Rev John Hayab, disclosed that the father of three of the children abducted in the Catholic school had died of heart attack, following the kidnap incident.
Consequently, the national body of CAN yesterday asked the federal government to take urgent decisive action to protect citizens across the country, insisting that the rising wave of attacks demanded an immediate and excuse-free response from the nation’s leadership.
Also, the Minister of Federal capital Territory, FCT, Mr. Nyesom Wike, yesterday vowed not to spare officials responsible for issuing an unauthorised circular ordering the closure of schools in Abuja, in view of heightened school attacks in the country.
Meanwhile, there was a rowdy session in the Senate yesterday as lawmakers engaged in heated exchanges over the worsening security situation in the country, with some senators warning that the nation was “under attack” and on the brink of losing public confidence.
Members in the House of Representatives also condemned the federal government for negotiating with bandits to secure the release of 24 students abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State.
How vigilantes foiled attack
On the attack on the community school in Kogi State, members of the Kiri Vigilante Group were said to have swiftly mobilised and confronted the attackers.
The vigilante, it was learned, successfully rescued all students who were kidnapped during the assault.
Community sources told Vanguard that no student remained in captivity, following the prompt and coordinated response by the local security team.
However, the operation was said to have cost the lives of one of the vigilante member who was killed while defending the community, and one Hausa resident who died in the rescue process.
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