- Attack Reportedly Foiled
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat’s Abuja Bureau)
The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan on Sunday confirmed an attempted attack by bandits on Government Science Secondary School, Ikara in Kaduna State, less than 48 hours after a kidnapping incident at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in the state.
According to Aruwan, the armed men invaded the school in the early hours of Sunday but their plot to abduct students was foiled by the military.
He confirmed that all 307 students of the school are safe.
Aruwan lauded the students for using a security warning system to alert the security forces.
“The attempted kidnap was foiled. Fortunately, the students utilised the security warning system and were thus able to alert security forces. The security forces comprising the Nigerian Army and the Police with some security volunteers moved swiftly to the school to engage the bandits, the military and police are currently trailing the bandits,” he said.
The gunmen were reportedly heading to the secondary school but when they learnt that security had been beefed up at their target location, they were forced to rethink the planned invasion.
Recall The New Diplomat earlier reported how bandits on Friday abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Igabi local government area of the state.
While 180 have been rescued so far, no fewer than 39 students are still held hostage.
On Saturday the students appeared in viral video, where they sent out an SOS message to the Nigerian government.
