September 01, (THEWILL) – Suspected bandits on Wednesday attacked Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, Zamfara state.
A resident in the area said the bandits, who stormed the school premises around 11:00am, shooting indiscriminately in the air, kidnapped unspecified number of students and their teachers.
“As I am talking to you now, we can not ascertain how many students both male and female and their teachers were kidnapped during the attack but we saw over 100 students including some of their teachers were chased by the bandits to unknown destination”, he said.
The attack occurred during a prayer session on the current insecurity challenges in the State, held at the Emir of Gusau’s palace.
The prayer meeting was attended by the State governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle.