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The Guardian - UK
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Words and photographs by Pelumi Salako in Yawota

Gunshots at 9am. Then they rounded up the children: how Chibok-style school abductions are spreading in Nigeria

A deserted classroom with wooden benches, some knocked over. Two school bags and buckets lie in a heap in a corner.
A empty classroom in the Baptist nursery and primary school in Yawota, which was targeted on 15 May. Photograph: Pelumi Salako

Sitting on a wooden bench under the tree near her home, Aduke Balogun’s gaze is fixed on the road. Her eyes are red from crying and a lack of sleep. Last month her daughter, Kehinde Kasosara, was forcefully abducted from school and has not been seen since.

Kaosara, who is seven years old, was taken from the Baptist nursery and primary across the street from their home. The armed men, wearing military camouflage and face masks, rode into the sleepy town of Yawota in Oyo state, south-west Nigeria, on motorcycles.

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