By JOSEPH DANJUMA, Lafia –
Unknown gunmen on Friday morning stormed LGEA primary school Alwaza in Doma LG of Nasarawa State and abducted six school pupils in the area.
The abductors, who whisked away the pupils are said to have laid siege around the school while the children were going to school and made away with them.
This is the first case of kidnapping involving school children in Nasarawa State.
The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the development to journalists in Lafia, the state capital.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel in a WhatsApp message, said the children ages between six and eight years were kidnapped on their way to school at about 7 o’clock on Friday morning.
According to DSP Nansel, a joint patrol team comprising police and military personnel as well as vigilantes have been deployed to comb the bushes around the area to rescue the children from their abductors.
He added that the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Maiyaki Baba has visited the scene of the abduction to meet with the parents of the victims.
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