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No fewer than 53 students and staff were kidnapped by gunmen from St. Mary’s School in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State.
The abduction occurred just days after a similar incident at Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State.
In the November 18, 2026, attack in Kebbi, 26 students were abducted, and the school’s Vice Principal, Makuku Hassan, was shot dead.
However, two of the abducted students have since escaped from their captors.
Like the Kebbi incident, the attack in Niger State also took place in the early hours of the day, around 4 a.m.
