{"id":7713,"date":"2026-11-03T14:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/15-islamiyya-students-abducted-in-niger-community-businessday-ng\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T14:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:03:24","slug":"15-islamiyya-students-abducted-in-niger-community-businessday-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/15-islamiyya-students-abducted-in-niger-community-businessday-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Islamiyya students abducted in Niger community \u2013 Businessday NG"},"content":{"rendered":"

No fewer than 15 students of an Islamiyya school in Mai-Kujeri village, located between Kagara and Pandogari in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have been abducted by gunmen.\n<\/p>\n

The incident reportedly occurred at about 11 a.m. on Saturday when the students, who had gone to their Malam\u2019s farm to harvest maize, received a warning from a Good Samaritan about the movement of suspected bandits towards their village.\n<\/p>\n

Fearing a possible attack, the students reportedly rushed towards the village. However, as they approached the community, they sighted the armed men and fled in different directions into the bush.\n<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, 15 of the students were reportedly intercepted and abducted by the gunmen, who took them to an unknown destination. Their whereabouts remained unknown at the time of filing this report.\n<\/p>\n

It was also gathered that the Rafi Local Government Chairman was indisposed, while the Vice-Chairperson was away in Saudi Arabia to perform the lesser Hajj (Umrah) when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n

A reliable source disclosed that the acting chairman of the local government, alongside the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the area, had visited the Islamiyya schoolteacher in Mai-Kujeri, who reportedly confirmed that 15 of his students were in the custody of the abductors.\n<\/p>\n

The clarification has dismissed earlier reports claiming that 50 Islamiyya students were kidnapped in the incident.\n<\/p>\n

However, neither the security agencies nor the Niger State Government had issued an official statement on the abduction as of the time of filing this report.\n<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Niger State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has condemned Governor Umaru Bago over what it described as his failure to adequately address the worsening security situation in the state.\n<\/p>\n

The opposition party accused the governor of being more concerned about his re-election bid in 2027 than the safety of residents.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued by Jonathan Vatsa, the spokesperson for the party\u2019s governorship candidate, he said the governor had failed to protect the lives and property of the people whose mandate he would be seeking in the 2027 general election.\n<\/p>\n

Vatsa alleged that attacks on rural communities had become frequent, with armed men reportedly abducting and killing innocent residents.\n<\/p>\n

He lamented that communities across the state continued to face security threats, urging the state government to prioritise the protection of lives and property rather than political considerations.<\/p>\n

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