Local citizens however still insist that kids were kidnapped.
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UPDATE: NSCDC confirms the incident, saying that an empty bus was seized by armed men as what is believed as an armed robbery. The bus belonged to the Vine Kiddies Academy. This information has been confirmed by Evans Ewurum, the deputy commandant general of NSCDC, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
Nigeria Police Force explained the incident on its Facebook page saying that the bus was hijacked earlier today when the bus driver was cleaning it just by the school gates. The police is reportedly looking for both the vehicle and the hijackers.
Post by Nigeria Police Force.
The bus was supposedly hijacked when
it was just going to drop off students at the school premises in the beginning
of a school day.
Meanhwile, authorities of both schools supposedly reported that the news that was spread in twitter rapidly is fake, as all the students are safe in class. Still, the authorities are reportedly claiming that a single bus has been hijacked this morning in Nyanya, with no students inside.
Meanhwile, authorities of both schools supposedly reported that the news that was spread in twitter rapidly is fake, as all the students are safe in class. Still, the authorities are reportedly claiming that a single bus has been hijacked this morning in Nyanya, with no students inside.
According to SaharaReporters, the
unknown gunmen have attacked the Vine Academy this morning, before 8 a.m. No
one was hurt, still the gunmen snatched the school bus. One of the school
officials said that “We do not know if they are members of Boko Haram or if
they are robbers.”
Still, the officials are not ready to say whether the gunmen were Boko Haram or not. Parents of kids are rushed to take them home from school.
Still, the officials are not ready to say whether the gunmen were Boko Haram or not. Parents of kids are rushed to take them home from school.
According to Premiumtimes, the
academy was empty by 10.15 a.m. School authorities tried to calm the parents
down, while they started the panic and more and more of them rushed to take
their kids home. The first parent that supposedly started the panic was
arrested by police that arrived to the scene.
The Authority of Nigerian Television claims that no kids were kidnapped from the Abbe Maria School in Nyanya.
The bus according to one source,
belongs to the Vine Kiddies Academy, while the other source claims the bus was
taking students to the Abbe Maria school. The third source claims there have
been two different attacks, one hijacked an empty bus after the children have
disembarked, while the other was hijacked while the girls were still inside.
Twitter users began spreading the word, some saying this is true, while others claiming there were no girls in the bus.
Twitter users began spreading the word, some saying this is true, while others claiming there were no girls in the bus.
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