According to a report, officials say more than 280 nigerian pupils in the north western town of Koruga were abducted. Reportedly, the pupils were in the assembly ground around 08.30 when dozens of men on motorbikes rode through the school. According to the report, a teacher and the pupils were taken away, one person was killed and a girl had been shot and was receiving medical treatment in a nearby hospital.
Reportedly, almost every family in the town is thought to have a child among those kidnapped. According to the report, hundreds of people have been kidnapped in recent years especially in the north west, however there has been a reduction in the mass abduction of children in the past year. Reportedly, those kidnapped are usually freed after a ransom is paid.