Niger abduction: I sent pupils home, but they ran into...
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He said the children were already close to home, about two kilometres from the farm, when they ran into the bandits, who abducted them. The head teacher of Madarasatul Nurul Islam, an Islamic school in Maikujeri, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Aminu Mallam Bako, has narrated how 15 pupils abducted by bandits on Saturday ran into the gunmen while returning home from his farm.
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✦Bako said he had been crying over the incident and felt responsible because the children were with him on the farm when they were abducted.
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Saturday:The head teacher of Madarasatul Nurul Islam, an Islamic school in Maikujeri, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Aminu Mallam Bako, has narrated how 15 pupils abducted by bandits on Saturday ran into the gunmen while returning home from his farm.Tuesday:Speaking to Daily Trust on Tuesday, Bako said he had asked the pupils to return home after receiving information that bandits were approaching the farm, where they were helping him harvest maize.Saturday:He said he had been crying day and night since Saturday and appealed to the government to rescue the children.
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✦He said the children were already close to home, about two kilometres from the farm, when they ran into the bandits, who abducted them.
✦The head teacher of Madarasatul Nurul Islam, an Islamic school in Maikujeri, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Aminu Mallam Bako, has narrated how 15 pupils abducted by bandits on Saturday ran into the gunmen while returning home from his farm.
✦Bako said he had been crying over the incident and felt responsible because the children were with him on the farm when they were abducted.
Key Facts:Saturday: The head teacher of Madarasatul Nurul Islam, an Islamic school in Maikujeri, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Aminu Mallam Bako, has narrated how 15 pupils abducted by bandits on Saturday ran into the gunmen while returning home from his farm.Tuesday: Speaking to Daily Trust on Tuesday, Bako said he had asked the pupils to return home after receiving information that bandits were approaching the farm, where they were helping him harvest maize.Saturday: He said he had been crying day and night since Saturday and appealed to the government to rescue the children.2026: The police spokesperson, Wasiu Abiodun, said in a statement that suspected bandits invaded Tungan-Bako village in Rafi Local Government Area on October 31, 2026, and abducted people working on a farm.
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The head teacher of Madarasatul Nurul Islam, an Islamic school in Maikujeri, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Aminu Mallam Bako, has narrated how 15...
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He said the children were already close to home, about two kilometres from the farm, when they ran into the bandits, who abducted them.
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The head teacher of Madarasatul Nurul Islam, an Islamic school in Maikujeri, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Aminu Mallam Bako, has narrated how 15 pupils abducted by bandits on Saturday ran into the gunmen while returning home from his farm.
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The head teacher of Madarasatul Nurul Islam, an Islamic school in Maikujeri, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Aminu Mallam Bako, has narrated how 15 pupils abducted by bandits on Saturday ran into the gunmen while returning home from his farm.
