Suspected bandits have reportedly abducted about 20 students from an Islamic school in Madalla, near Abuja City on Thursday morning.
Madalla is located between Suleja in Niger State and Abuja.
An eyewitness said the gunmen invaded the Islamic Academy in Madalla on Thursday, shooting sporadically before carting away the students.
The assailants were said to have taken hostage of their victims to an unknown location.