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A leaked State Security Service (SSS) intelligence report has warned of a planned mass abduction of schoolchildren in parts of Edo State, raising fresh concerns about security in a state already grappling with a wave of kidnappings.
Following the report, the Edo State Government ordered the immediate closure of three secondary schools in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area.
The directive was contained in a circular dated 9 June and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Education, Enodolomwanyi Otamere.
The confidential SSS memo, dated 5 June and addressed to
