Four students of Capro Secondary Mission School located at Gana Ropp in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State were abducted in the early hours of Thursday, it has emerged.
However, three of the students have escaped, while one is still in captivity. The school is an arm of Calvary ministries.
Capro is few kilometres away from Yakubu Gowon airport and about 60 kilometres from Jos, the state capital.
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A global mission leader and President of Para-Mallam Peace Foundation, Reverend Gideon Para-Mallam confirmed that the attackers broke the rear fence of the school where a hole was drilled to gain access into the school compound and abducted the students.
He further stated that the intervention of security agencies prevented what could have been another mass abduction as the assailants took to their heels after realising the reinforcement of security in the area.
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Plateau State Police Command was yet to make any statement on the incident as community efforts are ongoing to secure the release of the abducted student still in captivity.
The latest abduction comes as the country continues to battle several security challenges, including but not limited to an insurgency in the North-East, banditry in North-West, secessionist agitations in South-East and Fulani-Herdsmen crises across Middle-Belt and several South-West states.
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Bandits have, in recent times, targeted schools for mass abductions. Several students of Greenfield University in Kaduna are still in captivity after they were abducted on April 20.
Bandits who abducted 39 students from Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, in Igabi local government area of Kaduna state recently released a video of the students, including a pregnant female student, calling for help.
House of Representatives on Wednesday inaugurated a 40-man committee to find a solution to the country’s security challenges. The Committee is set to hold a four-day security summit in May.
