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On March 8, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered the military to rescue more than 250 students kidnapped by gunmen at a school in Kaduna state, northwest of the country.
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani said the government and security forces have also received strong support from the President and are actively implementing measures to ensure the safe return of the abducted students.
Local officials confirmed the kidnapping took place on the morning of March 7. Gunmen attacked GSS Kuriga School, fired into the air to intimidate and then abducted more than 250 students and teachers. This is the second mass kidnapping to occur within a week and also the largest in the past 3 years in this most populous country in Africa.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has condemned the kidnapping and called on the Nigerian government to do more to protect the safety of students.
A week earlier, gunmen had kidnapped scores of people from camps for displaced people in Borno state, northeast Nigeria. More than 100 people were reported missing after the kidnapping, but the exact number of victims was not immediately known.
Nearly 10 years ago, in April 2014, the Boko Haram insurgent group kidnapped over 250 schoolgirls from a school in Borno state. Some of the girls are still missing.
According to local risk analysis agency SBM Intelligence, 3,620 people were kidnapped in 582 incidents in Nigeria between July 2022 and June 2023. Since President Tinubu took office in May 2023, 4,777 people have been kidnapped. Most of the kidnappings were carried out by criminal gangs demanding ransom.
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