Bandits’ attacks: 10 students killed, 780 abducted, 61 in captivity —Amnesty International

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AS the year hobbles to an end, horrible security statistics being rolled out by global watchdog, Amnesty International, shows that children in Nigeria have become the major target of attacks by bandits. 

In a statement on Thursday, the organisation claimed 780 children have so far been abducted, 10 school children killed and 61 still in custody. 

“No child should go through what children are going through now in Nigeria. Education should not be a matter of life and death for anyone. Nigeria is failing children once again in a horrifying manner” says Osai Ojigho, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria. 

Knocking the authorities for allegedly failing the Nigerian child, Amnesty…



Source: Nigerian Tribune