I’ve Lost Interest In School After Abduction Of My Classmates - Student

STUDENT of Federal College of Forestry and Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State, Markus Makut, said he has lost interest in continuing his education follow - ing the abduction his class - mates by bandits who stormed the school hostels on Thursday night.

ASTUDENT of Federal College of Forestry and Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State, Markus Makut, said he has lost interest in continuing his education following the abduction his classmates by bandits who stormed the school hostels on Thursday night.

About 30 students, mostly females, were abducted when bandits stormed the college located opposite the premier military university, Nigerian Defence

Academy ( NDA), was attacked around 11: 30 on Thursday night.

They were said to have gained entry into the school through the back. The incident has thrown many parents and other students from the school into confusion, as they were seen trooping in in search of their beloved ones.

Parents and sympathisers were later directed to Nigerian Army’s 1 Division and NDA to confirm whether their beloved ones were among those recued by security operatives, but majority of them stood hopelessly in front of the school, anticipating the miraculous return of their missing wards.

Among the symptherisers was Makut, aged 29, who told The Guardian that he was lucky to have checked out of the school earlier in the evening before the incident.

The student, who identified himself as a final year student of the Department of Horticulture, said he does not reside in the school, but was only planning to join one of his friends in the hostel this weekend to prepare for examinations that would be starting next week Thursday.

Markus, who was yet to recover from the shock of the ugly incident, said: “We thought we were safe, because the school is close to the NDA, unfortunately, many students have been abducted.

“I have five females and eight males from my department that were among those kidnapped. I have lost interest in schooling.

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