Nigeria: 172 Afaka town students rescued by army after attack by bandits
The Kaduna state government says 172 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Igabi LGA have been rescued after bandits attacked the school.
Samuel Aruwan, the state commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said in a statement that eight staff were also freed from the bandits.
He, however, added that 30 students are still unaccounted for.
TheCable had reported that the students were abducted when the gunmen invaded the school in Afaka town in the early hours of Friday.
The abduction is the latest in a series of attacks the bandits are carrying out across schools in northern Nigeria.
Aruwan said the gunmen arrived in large number and broke into the institution by breaching a perimeter fence.