PLATEAU UNION OF TEACHERS MARCH IN PROTEST OF KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS

Описание: Nigeria’s Kidnapping Crisis: Our Schools Under Attack

Nigeria’s kidnapping spree is tearing through classrooms nationwide. Despite the Safe Schools Initiative, over 600 pupils and teachers have been abducted recently, shutting down schools and traumatizing communities.

In *May 2025*, the attacks hit hard in both the Southwest and Northeast:
May 15, Oyo State*: Gunmen attacked 3 schools in Oriire, Ogbomoso, abducting *over 40 pupils, teachers, and staff and killing Mathematics teacher Michael Oyedokun in captivity.
Same period, Borno State*: Armed groups kidnapped *42 pupils from schools in *Askira Uba and Chibok LGAs near Maiduguri*.

On June 2, 2026*, *Plateau State teachers protested in Jos*, demanding urgent rescue of all victims still held in Oyo, Borno, Yobe, and Plateau. Just last December, *28 travellers including 2 teachers and children were also kidnapped in Wase, Plateau.

The message from educators is clear: government must act now to rescue those in captivity and end the cycle of school kidnappings.


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