An unspecified number of pupils and teachers are believed to have been abducted by terrorists during an attack on Thursday on a public primary school in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Residents said the gunmen invaded the school immediately after morning assembly.

At least 100 of the pupils and some of the school’s teachers were believed to have been abducted, a resident said, asking not to be named for security reasons.

BBC Hausa Service reported at least two residents of the area confirming the mass abduction in a local primary school in Kuriga community.