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The Digest:

Over 100 bandits on motorcycles stormed St. Mary Catholic School in Niger State, launching a two-hour assault that ended with the abduction of dozens. According to eyewitness accounts gathered, the armed men invaded at 1 am, shooting randomly before systematically raiding the school hostel and marching students and staff through the Kofanti route into thick forests bordering Kebbi State.

Key Points:
  • Bandits launched the attack using over 100 motorcycles in a large convoy.
  • The assault began at 1 am and continued uninterrupted until nearly 3 am.
  • Gunmen shot the school security guard, leaving him in a pool of blood.
  • They specifically targeted the school hostel where students were sleeping.
  • Abductees were forced to march through the Kofanti forest corridor.
  • The area connects Agwara and Borgu LGAs, separated from Kebbi by the River Niger.
  • Villagers reported hearing continuous gunshots throughout the operation.
The methodical nature of the attack, the convoy of motorcycles, the two-hour timeline, the targeted hostel raid—reveals not random violence, but a carefully planned operation that turned a place of learning into a landscape of terror.

Sources: Leadership Newspapers