Gunmen have struck again in Kaduna state, Nigeria, staging mass kidnap, this time, of students of Bethel Baptist High School, a private boarding college in the state.
The college is located at Maraban Rido area, on Kaduna-Kachia Road, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Multiple reports say the bandits invaded the school in the early hours of Monday (today), shooting sporadically into the air before kidnapping the students.
One report claimed as many as 170 students were kidnapped but this platform has not been able to verify this.
Mr. Daniel Muhuta, a security guard in the school recounted the attack in an interview with Daily Post: “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.”
Security personnel have reported at the boarding school, along with parents and relatives of the kidnapped students.
The college marked its 30th anniversary on 19 January.