When Schools Become Targets: Nigeria’s Security Breakdown Exposed
The abduction last month of more than 300 children and staff by gunmen from an elementary and secondary school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State was dramatic in scale, but it represents just one more incident in the country’s tragic history of rural insecurity.
That there has been no public explanation by the authorities over who exactly the kidnappers are – and why they are still at large – is symptomatic of a security system that is failing woefully to protect its citizens, analysts suggest.
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