Police debunk reports of school attacks in Niger

June 10, 2026

The Niger State Police Command has dismissed reports alleging that hoodlums attacked schools in Bosso, Kpakungu, Sabon-Wuse and Lambata areas of the state, describing the claims as false and misleading.

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Minna.

Abiodun said the command investigated the reports by visiting all the schools mentioned and found no evidence of any attack.

“The command hereby states categorically that having visited all the schools mentioned in the said areas, there was no such attack in any of the schools within the state,” he said.