Less than a week after the security agencies rescued abducted students and teachers in Oyo State, unidentified gunmen have launched an attack on a school in Kogi State during an ongoing National Examination Council, NECO exam.
In the Tuesday 14 June evening assault on Government Secondary School, Odo-Ekina, in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, four students, the school principal and a National Examinations Council (NECO) ad hoc staff member were abducted.
Confirming the incident, the State Police spokesperson, ASP Saliu Oyiza Afusat, said one of the abducted students has been rescued, while efforts are ongoing to secure the release of the remaining victims and apprehend the attackers.
She said that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Naziru Bello Kankarofi, alongside the Brigade Commander and the State Security Adviser to the Governor, Commodore Jerry Omodara (Rtd), are already on the way to the scene for an on-the-spot assessment.
The police said a more detailed statement would be issued as additional verified information becomes available.
