The remaining wares of kidnapped students are seen inside of Bethel Baptist High School as parents following an attack by gunmen in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria, on July 14, 2021.
A criminal gang in northwest Nigeria recently raided a village, killing at least 30 people and kidnapping an unknown number. This is not the first such incident of banditry, just the latest.
In the past decade or so, Nigeria’s statehood has been threatened by a number of security challenges. Routine Jihadist killings and kidnappings in the northeast disrupt school and civic life.
