The Nigerian police are currently hunting for three teenage girls abducted from their boarding school on the outskirts of Lagos city, BBC reports.
Lagos police spokesperson Dolapo Badmus said a search to rescue the girls taken from the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School was under way.
The girls were taken from the private co-educational secondary school on Monday evening by heavily armed men. Reports say the abductors have yet to issue demands.
Kidnappings for ransom occasionally occur in Nigeria’s commercial capital, but this is the first time a school in the city has been attacked by gunmen.
The school, linked to the Anglican Church, is reportedly one of the best and most expensive in Lagos state and is mostly attended by children of politicians and wealthy individuals.
Some angry parents have reportedly withdrawn their children from the school until security is improved.
