No child should suffer what children are facing in Nigeria – Amnesty on abducted schoolchildren

<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Amnesty-International-.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Amnesty-International-.jpg 1024w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Amnesty-International--300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> <p>Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Nigerian government to intensify efforts to rescue 42 schoolchildren abducted in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State.</p> <p>The organisation made the call in a post on X on Wednesday, saying it had been 144 days since the children were abducted by gunmen on May 15, 2026.</p> <p>Amnesty said the incident was part of a wider pattern of abductions affecting communities across northern Nigeria, warning that the continued insecurity was putting the education and future of thousands of children at risk.</p> <p>“No child should go through what children are going through now in Nigeria. Education should not be a matter of life and death for anyone. Nigeria is failing children once again in a horrifying manner,” the organisation said.</p> <p>It also expressed concern over the closure of hundreds of schools in some northern states due to escalating insecurity.</p> <p>According to Amnesty, many children have been forced to abandon their education after experiencing violent attacks or spending time in captivity, leaving them with psychological trauma.</p> <p>“The future of thousands of school children in Northern Nigeria remains bleak as hundreds of schools in some states have been closed indefinitely due to rising insecurity,” it said.</p> <p>The organisation urged the government to take stronger measures to secure the safe rescue of all schoolchildren still being held captive.</p> <p>It also called on authorities to identify and prosecute those suspected of carrying out the abductions.</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p></p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/07/no-child-should-suffer-what-children-are-facing-in-nigeria-amnesty-on-abducted-schoolchildren/">No child should suffer what children are facing in Nigeria &#8211; Amnesty on abducted schoolchildren</a></p>

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