Kuriga kidnapping facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kuriga Kidnapping
Location	Kuriga, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Date	7 March 2024 Around 08:30 (07:30 GMT)
Target	School students
Attack type	Mass abduction
Weapons	Firearms
Deaths	None reported
Non-fatal injuries	One student injured (currently receiving medical attention)
Victims	More than 200 Nigerian school students
Assailants	Unknown gunmen on motorcycles
Number of participants	Dozens of gunmen
Motive	Unknown
The incident occurred during a school assembly when gunmen stormed the school grounds.

On March 7, 2024, a large group of students from a school in Kuriga, a town in Kaduna State, Nigeria, were taken from their school. More than 200 students were involved in this event. It happened in the morning, around 8:30 AM, while the students were gathered for a school assembly. A group of armed people on motorcycles entered the school grounds and took the students.

Students Are Freed

On March 24, 2024, good news arrived. The Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, announced that all 287 students had been set free and were safe. A governor is like the leader of a state or region. He thanked President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Army for their help. The President is the leader of the entire country. The Nigerian Army is the country's military force. The announcement did not share details about how the students were rescued.

See also

• Kidnapping in Nigeria
• Greenfield University kidnapping
• Makurdi kidnapping
• Kagara kidnapping
• Kankara kidnapping
• Zamfara kidnapping