215 students and 12 Catholic school teachers in the western part of Nigeria were abducted by armed attackers," said Nigerian state spokesperson Daniel Atori on Friday.
The event occurred on Friday around 2 a.m. at St. Mary’s School, where children and young people aged 12 to 17 learn. Police and military officers patrolling the area were sent to the scene.
No group or organization confessed to the kidnapping, but according to Nigerian specialists, gangs frequently abduct students, tourists, and villagers in distant provinces for ransom. According to the authorities, these gangs mostly included erstwhile cattle shepherds who turned against farmers in view of scarce resources. Analysts frequently attack schools to attract attention.
The kidnapping took place only a fewer days after the armed men abducted 25 students from boarding school for girls in Kebbi, northwestern Nigeria. According to information provided by the authorities, 1 of the kidnapped was to escape.
On Tuesday, armed men kidnapped 38 believers from a church in Kwara, close the border with Niger. As the church typical delivered on Friday in an interview with Reuter's agency, the perpetrators demanded a ransom of 100 million naira (about $69,000) for each of the abducted.
Source: PAP 
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