Following the rate of school students abduction in North West and East of Nigeria, Kano state government has ordered the immediate closure of 10 boarding schools in the state.
The state’ commissioner for education, Muhammad Kiru, disclosed this in an announcement across radio stations in Kano on Friday night.
According to the commissioner, the decision became necessary as a result of the recent abduction of school girls from Jangebe in Zamfara State and other boarding schools from neighboring states.
The closed schools are situated at Ajingi, Sumaila, Jogana, Kafin Maiyaki, Gaya, among other areas.
Kiru, who noted that the order takes effect immediately, advised parents to evacuate their wards from all the affected schools.
The development comes hours after gunmen kidnapped more than 300 schoolgirls from the Government Girls Secondary School at Jangebe, Zamfara state.
Security operatives are currently on the trail of the gunmen in Zamfara, while President Muhammadu Buhari has warned bandits to desist from such attacks.
The abduction in Zamfara comes less than two weeks after bandits abducted students and staff members from Government Science College, Kagara in Niger state.
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