Edo State orders the immediate closure of three secondary schools in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area after intelligence reports warn of a threat to abduct students. The state government cites “credible” kidnap threats targeting schoolchildren, prompting the decision to shut the schools as a precaution.
Premium Times reports that the warning is linked to an intelligence memo attributed to Nigeria’s security service, described as an SSS/SS memo that cautions about a planned mass abduction in Edo North. The outlet says the report surfaced publicly shortly after the Edo State Governor made remarks about insecurity.
Vanguard similarly reports that the closure follows information allegedly uncovered by the DSS, indicating a plot to abduct students. The Punch also confirms the shutdown of three schools in Akoko-Edo, citing the same general basis of a kidnapping threat to students.
Across the reports, the core development is the Edo government’s immediate action to close three schools in Akoko-Edo in response to intelligence about a planned abduction. The reports do not provide confirmed details of arrests or the source of the alleged plot.
