The killings in Kaduna state by criminals known locally as “bandits” mark an escalation in the mass kidnappings of students that plague northwest and central Nigeria. “Security agencies have just reported to the Kaduna State Government the recovery of two more dead bodies of Greenfield University students, killed by armed bandits,” state commissioner Samuel Aruwan said Monday. xGunmen attacked the private Greenfield University last Tuesday in what was the fifth known attack on a school or college since December. A member of the school staff was killed during the assault and the bodies of three students were later discovered in a nearby village. Two university staff told AFP that 20 students along with three non-academic staff had been kidnapped but state officials could not confirm those numbers, saying only that “an unspecified number” were taken.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2021 18:45 UTC