Overview
- Authorities confirmed that 303 students and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s School in Agwara were seized by attackers described as armed bandits.
- State police said the alarm came around 2 a.m., with tactical units and the army now sweeping nearby forests for the captives.
- President Bola Tinubu canceled overseas engagements, including the G20 summit in Johannesburg, following the mass abduction.
- The raid follows a spate of violence that included the abduction of 25 schoolgirls in Kebbi State and a church attack that left two dead with further kidnappings reported.
- A Pentagon readout described talks with Nigeria’s security adviser on urgent, durable steps to protect civilians, while Italy’s Giorgia Meloni condemned the violence and urged stronger safeguards.