UPDATE: Gunmen Hijacks School Bus In Nyanya

Unknown gunmen have attacked a primary school at Nyanya the scene of recent bombing attacks in Abuja.

Multiple sources within and around the Vine International Academy school told SaharaReporters that the gunmen launched the attack few minutes before 8 am.

No pupil or member of staff was hurt, but the gunmen snatched the school bus.

“We do not know if they are members of Boko Haram or if they are robbers”, an official of the school said.
“The sad thing is that parents do not want to know if it’s Boko Haram or not. Many of them are coming to take away their children out of panic”.

When the rumours of the kidnap spread on Tuesday morning, parents were seen rushing to schools in Nyanya, Kurudu and other adjoining communities to pick their wards.
At the Junior secondary school in Kurudu, one of the teachers, Zachariah Ezra, said he was already teaching in class when a parent ran in and said he wanted to pick his ward home.
Mr. Ezra said while he was trying to calm the parent, four others rushed in to take their children and them pandemonium ensued.

The school principal, Akaahan Jonathan, however, told PREMIUM TIMES that no one was injured during the stampede and no student was kidnapped from the school.
The school had become virtually empty at about 10:15 a.m. as many parents, unwilling to listen to the advice of the school authorities, simply took their children home.

The police eventually arrived the scene and arrested a parent, whom they accused of being the first to cause the panic. The man was whisked away.

The police are yet to confirm the kidnap of any student. Altine Daniel, the Abuja police spokesperson, did not pick or return calls made to her phone.
Also, the Nigerian Television Authority quotes an official of Abbe Maria School in Nyanya as saying the rumour of kidnap of some of the school’s students is false.