Some schools were on Thursday, shut down in parts of the Edo North senatorial district over a kidnapping in the schools.
DAILY POST gathered that there were reported cases of abduction of students from St-James Grammar School, Afuze, Owan East and Holy Trinity Grammar School, Sabogida Ora, Owan West local government areas.
The invasion of schools by suspected kidnappers was also reported in Auchi, Aviele, Agbede in Etsako West and Iruekpen and Ekpoma in Esan West local government areas.
In viral videos, students of Holy Trinity Grammar School were seen running from the school.
In one of the viral videos, a narrator was heard saying suspected kidnappers invaded the Holy Trinity Grammar school and that some of the students were abducted.
In Aviele, a man and children were reportedly abducted by gunmen.
It was gathered that parents have also invaded the schools in the localities to pick their children.
Meanwhile, the principal of the senior secondary school of St-James Grammar School, Afuze, who identified himself as Mr Ayo Musa, described the information on the alleged invasion of the school as false and most unfortunate.
Musa said there was not even a strange face that would warrant the alleged invasion of the school by suspected kidnappers.
According to him, it is just quite unfortunate that people are spreading false information. There was no strange face or faces in the school to warrant school information. Only God knows where they got the false information from that there are kidnappers at St James
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