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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged authorities to swing into action and rescue 21 children abducted in a farm in Mairuwa community, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Sunday.
In a statement signed by UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Ms Cristian Munduate, the UN agency described the abductions as reprehensible.
Confirmed reports indicate the 21 children – 17 girls and 4 boys – aged between 15 and 18, were abducted last Sunday at about 12:30 p.m. by “bandits.
UNICEF also calls on the authorities to rescue other persons reported to have been kidnapped on the farm at the same time the children were abducted