Gunmen on Friday abducted six pupils of the Local Government Education Authority Primary School, Alwaza, in the Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State and the sole Administrator of the Ideato North LGA of Imo State, Chris Ohizu and two others.
A source in the community who spoke on condition of anonymity told our correspondent that the Nasarawa incident occurred at 7am in the morning when other pupils of the school were still arriving for the day’s activities.
However, the state police spokesperson, Ramhan Nansel, said that six pupils were not kidnapped during the attack. Nansel added that immediately the police received the information, the Commissioner of Police, Maiyaki Baba, led officers of the command, vigilantes and other security agencies to the scene of the attack.
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