The state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State Chapter, has refuted reports that the 315 students and staff at the St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri, in the state’s Agwarra local government area, demanded $ 3 billion in cash before the victims could be freed.
Most, the most senior member of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State chapter. Rev. The Kontagora Diocese Catholic Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna provided the update on Saturday.
After the incident, the gunmen continued to communicate with no one, according to him.
“You are familiar with social media. They will deceive you if you visit there. Even some of the things that are tossed around are usually official statements. I’m not aware. Bishop Bulus came to the conclusion that there is no further communication.
He had previously stated that 315 people had been abducted by suspected terrorists overall.
According to a breakdown of the most recently released data, 303 students and 12 teachers were affected.
After we left the Papiri school, Yohanna said, “We made calls, conduct a verification exercise, and conduct further inquiries on those we had assumed would have succeeded, only to discover that 88 more students had been seizing their opportunities after they attempted to flee.”
When some parents who we thought had escaped from the attack also came in and inquired about their children, we were drawn to their question. We conducted a census and discovered that they had been abducted when we became curious.
This now totals 315, bringing the total number of abducted people to 303 (male and female), including 12 teachers (4 females and 8 males).
Prior to the incident, he claimed there were 629 students total, with the primary having 430 and the secondary having 199.
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He also addressed the idea that prior to the abduction there were intelligent reports, which were widely disproven.
“Also, it is absolutely necessary that we address the issue of security agency or government warnings, as some have claimed.
I visited the school this evening and met with the children’s parents to let them know that we are working with the government and security agencies to ensure that our children are rescued and brought back safely. I was insulted by what I call “propaganda” that the school had been given a prior warning by the government through a circular.
“It’s not true; there is no way to shift blame; it must be an afterthought and a tactic.” When we first learned about rumors of a security issue in the past, we immediately resisted. Do we now opine when the government issues a circular urging us to shut down?
The Federal Government has mandated the immediate closure of 41 Federal Unity Colleges in response to growing security concerns in the nation.
The Federal Ministry of Education issued the directive through a circular dated November 21, 2025.
According to the document, Tunji Alausa, the minister of education, praised the government’s decision to close schools in part because of “recent security issues” in some areas of the nation and the need to prevent breaches.
Source: Channels TV
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