Military personnel foiled bandits’ on Faith Academy, located at Mararaban Rido, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of Monday.
The school owned by Living Faith Church Worldwide, better known as Winner Chapel, was founded by Bishop David Oyedepo.
The foiled attack took place while the kidnapping of students of Bethel Baptist school, in the same local government area in Kaduna was ongoing same night.
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A security agent confirmed the gunmen broke into the premises of Faith Academy through the back fence around 1am but were repelled by soldiers, with assistance from the school security team.
The gunmen, it was learnt, broke part of the perimeter fence to enter the school, before soldiers foiled the attack.
A parent, whose son attends the school, told Daily Trust that the school management had last week instructed all students except Senior Secondary School three students to go home, as they are preparing for final-year examination.
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She said adequate provision had been made to move the SS3 students to Barnawa in the Kaduna south local government area where they are expected to continue with their studies.
The commended security agents for their timely intervention, saying her son and others who were in the hostel during the attack are safe and have been evacuated from the school premises.
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The development comes just hours after bandits abducted babies, female nurses and security guards from the residential quarters of National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre (NTLC) in Zaria, Kaduna State on Sunday.
