More than 80 schoolchildren and teachers, many of them toddlers between the ages of 2 and 5, remain missing nearly two weeks after coordinated terrorist attacks on schools in Oyo and Borno States.
In Borno State, between 42 and 48 pupils were abducted during the May 15 attack on Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in Askira-Uba LGA. Several victims were reportedly nursery and primary school children, while others were taken from nearby homes during the invasion.
Despite ongoing military operations by Operation Hadin Kai troops around the Sambisa axis, no confirmed rescue, ransom demand, or official communication from the abductors has emerged after 13 days.
Authorities have since shut down the affected school and relocated pupils to safer centres in Uba.
In Oyo State, about 39 students and 7 teachers from multiple schools in Oriire LGA, including Community High School Ahoro-Esinle, Yawota Baptist Nursery/Primary School, and L.A. Primary School, are also still being held by terrorists.
Security agencies, alongside local vigilantes and air surveillance teams, have intensified rescue operations, but no successful release has been confirmed as of May 28.
