Gunmen invade Kogi school during NECO exam, abduct principal, students

Gunmen on Tuesday invaded Government Secondary School, GSS, Olowa successful Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, abducting the schoolhouse principal, 4 students and a National Examinations Council, NECO, advertisement hoc unit subordinate during the ongoing NECO examination.

The improvement was disclosed successful a study by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and information expert covering the Lake Chad region.

According to the report, the onslaught occurred astatine astir 5:25 p.m. erstwhile the equipped assailants stormed the schoolhouse premises portion candidates were penning their examination.

Makama reported that the gunmen abducted 4 students, the schoolhouse main and a NECO advertisement hoc authoritative earlier fleeing the country with the victims.

“The attackers abducted 4 students alongside the main of the schoolhouse and a NECO advertisement hoc authoritative earlier fleeing to an chartless destination,” the study stated.

The study added that a combined information squad launched a search-and-rescue cognition instantly aft the incidental and has begun tracking the abductors.

Makama further reported that information sources confirmed 1 of the abducted students has been rescued, portion efforts person been intensified to unafraid the merchandise of the remaining victims.

According to the report, information operatives person commenced bush-combing operat...