JUST IN: Schools shut down in Niger over planned banditry attacks

“The decision to close the schools was as a result of banditry activities in the local government.

He said the measure was to avoid a repeat of what happened in Tegina where Islamiyyh pupils were abducted.“The security agencies brought to my notice and even that of the governor that they have intercepted communication on a plan to abduct school children in my local government.

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