May 2021 Niger State kidnapping

In May 2021, a mass kidnapping occurred at a Muslim koranic school in Tegina, Niger State, Nigeria. Dozens of children were taken from the school, with estimates of the total number of victims ranging from 100 to 200.

According to available reporting, some of the children who were abducted had to be released by their captors because they were too young to walk. This detail indicates that very young children were among those taken during the incident.

The case has had lasting effects on the families involved.

The individuals responsible for the kidnapping are described as bandit suspects who demanded a ransom for the release of the children.

The primary source is a brief Wikipedia summary of the event, supplemented by two contemporaneous news reports from Nigerian outlets that were cited as references in that article but whose full text was not available for direct review.

Readers seeking a fuller account of this incident should consult additional primary reporting, as the current source material provides only a high-level overview of the event and its aftermath.