Overview
- A CAN verification raised the count to 303 students and 12 teachers, including 88 seized after attempting to flee.
- No group has claimed responsibility, and tactical squads with local hunters are pursuing the abductors through forested routes.
- Federal confirmation of the total is pending, and Niger state and neighboring states have shut schools as the education ministry ordered 47 boarding schools closed.
- President Bola Tinubu canceled international travel, including a planned G20 appearance, to oversee the response and rescue operations.
- The raid followed 25 girls abducted in Kebbi earlier in the week and a church attack that left two dead with dozens of worshippers taken.