The Punch reports that three gunmen had trailed two parents who were visiting their children at the school and had successfully kidnapped one of them.
But as they tried to leave with their victim from the school premises they were confronted by the guards and some youths of the host community.
The tussle between the suspected kidnappers and the guards caused panic in the school, resulting in many parents and students scampering for safety to avoid being attacked, the newspaper writes.
The suspects were them subdued and handed over to the police.
“The members of the host community were worried about the several complaints of robbery attacks they had received from teachers of the school. Some hoodlums scaled the school’s fence to attack teachers’ homes in the school.
“A teacher’s house was burgled on Friday by some unidentified hoodlums and less than 24 hours after the reported crime, the gunmen struck in the school.
“We (teachers) are no longer safe here. Last time, we learnt that some of our colleagues were attacked in front of the school gate and some valuables were collected from them by some hoodlums at gunpoint.
“On Friday, some yet-to-be-identified persons, we learnt, broke into a fellow teacher’s home through the fence before someone raised the alarm. We want the police and other security agencies to increase their patrol around the school before the situation gets out of hand,” an unnamed source told the newspaper.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Michael Ogbizi, confirmed the incident. He said the suspects were in the custody of the police adding that they would be arraigned in court on Monday.
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