At last, Bago admits 315 pupils abducted from Niger school, two parents die

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Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has admitted the abduction of 315 school children from a Catholic school in Niger State.

The governor made this known on Friday during the inauguration of commissioners, elected local government chairmen and their deputies, where he requested a minute of silence for two parents of the abducted children who reportedly died from shock.

Earlier, the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the Northern Region and the FCT, Rev. John Hayab, in November revealed that a parent died of a heart attack following the abduction of his three children at St Mary’s Catholic School in Niger State.

Bago had earlier said that there was no abduction of school children at St Mary’s Catholic School.

He granted an interview on TVC where he said that the bandits only came to the school but did not abduct anyone.

According to him, the bandits only shot sporadically into the air to scare the children before taking their leave, while the children fled and hid in the bush.

Terrorists invaded St Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area on November 21 2025, taking away 315 pupils, students and a teacher to an unknown destination in the forest. Punch