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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Yunusa Umar and Ope Adetayo

Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren

Nigeria School Abduction - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Several parents of the over 300 schoolchildren seized by armed men in the latest mass abduction in Nigeria tell The Associated Press the government has told them nothing about rescue efforts — and the stress has been so high that one parent has died of a heart attack.

“Nobody from the government has briefed us about the abduction,” said Emmanuel Ejeh, whose 12-year-old son was taken from the Catholic school in Niger state.

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