FILE PHOTO: Students sitting for WASSCE.
Operatives of the Department of State Services and troops of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday foiled a major attempt by members of the outlawed Eastern Security Network to kidnap scores of students writing the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination in some South-East states.
The targeted schools for the abductions were located in Enugu, Anambra and Imo states.
According to a statement on Thursday, acting on credible intelligence from the DSS, operatives of the secret police and soldiers raided an ESN armoury in the Agbani axis of Enugu State.
The statement added that intelligence revealed that ESN members planned to launch the attacks while wearing National Youth Service Corps uniforms.
