Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said informants must have alerted the bandits who invaded the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of the State.
Speaking on Channels Television on Friday, El-Rufai said the government got intelligence that bandits were planning to attack a secondary school close to the forestry college.
“Security operatives were alerted immediately and they moved to the school.
“Some informants must have alerted the bandits that the secondary school was protected by the military and that could have informed their decision to target the college”, he said.
The Nigerian Army in a statement also claimed that informants might have behind the attack on the institution.
Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, Director Army Public Relations said while troops were protecting the secondary school, bandits headed to the forestry college.
“Acting on a tip- off on the impending abduction of the school children, troops quickly mobilized to protect the school from the bandits.
“However, while the troops were securing the secondary school, another distress call came that bandits had stormed the Federal School of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of the state with aim of kidnapping the staff and students. The troops swiftly moved to Afaka and decisively engaged the armed bandits.
“The bandits were said to have broken into the institution by breaching the perimeter fence of the school.
“The rescued students have been evacuated to a safe place while the injured are presently receiving medical attention at a military facility,” he said.
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