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Uniforms & Placards: Abuja Mother, Children Stage Protest as School Abductions Surge

Dressed in school uniforms and holding placards calling for the rescue of kidnapped pupils, a woman and her three children staged a peaceful protest in the Maitama area of Abuja over growing fears about the safety of schoolchildren.

The mother says she is now afraid to take her children to school, amid abductions linked to school runs and recent kidnapping incidents.

Speaking to our correspondent, she fought back tears as she appealed for urgent action to secure schools and ensure the release of abducted pupils.

The symbolic protest comes shortly after the rescue of the sister of a former Minister of Power, who was kidnapped while taking her children to school, and amid continued concern over pupils still being held captive following earlier abductions in parts of Oyo and Borno States

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