Bandits have reportedly attacked a government primary school at KURIGA COMMUNITY of the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting “scores of pupils.”

The community is located along the Kaduna Birnin-Gwari Road which has been terrorized by bandits for many years.

The police authorities and the Kaduna State government are yet to confirm the incident, however, a local source revealed that the bandits invaded the school at 8:30 am yesterday Thursday, and took away “many pupils including the head teacher.”

He said that many students sustained injuries as they attempted to flee the school on sighting the bandits.

Bandit attacks in the North-West part of the country have been on the increase in recent times, with residents taking to the streets to protest the ugly trend.