Abduction: Kaduna govt closes all schools in Kajuru LGA

The Kaduna State Government has ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the Kajuru Local Government Area of the state due to rising cases of abduction in the area.

The state Commissioner for Schools’ Quality Assurance Authority, Abigail Adze, said this in a memo dated March 16 and addressed to all principals of public and private schools,

It directed that the schools should close due to the prevailing security situation in the area.

The commissioner said the decision was taken in view of the security challenges in Kajuru LGA of the state.

“The director-general, Kaduna state schools quality assurance authority has directed me to inform all Principals and Proprietors of both public and private schools in Kajuru local government area to close down all Schools with immediate effect. (as from today 16th March, 2021),” the memo read.

It added, “No school should reopen until you are directed to do so. Be security conscious at all times.”

Last Friday, 39 students were abducted when gunmen invaded the Federal College Of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Igabi LGA of the state.

Days later, the abducted students appeared in a viral video on social media, wherein they were seen being tortured by gunmen while appealing to the government to rescue them.

On Monday, gunmen again attacked UBE primary school at Rama in Birnin-Gwari LGA of the state and abducted some pupils.

The UBE primary school incident was two days after troops of the Nigerian army foiled the attempt of bandits to abduct some students of Turkish International Secondary School in Kaduna.

The state government has relocated several schools following the targeting of educational institutions by bandits.