President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a military operation to rescue hundreds of schoolboys abducted in Niger state by suspected bandits.
Reports also have it that the Niger state government has ordered the closure of all boarding schools in the state following the abduction of the schoolboys.
Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang stormed a school in Niger State killing one student and kidnapping hundreds of others along with some teachers on Wednesday.
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