The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that 25 schools in Nigeria have been attacked with a total of 1,440 students abducted since January 2021.

This was contained in a report titled, ‘Children in West and Central Africa among those Who Suffer Highest Rates of Grave Violations in Armed Conflict’.

The organisation said over the past five years, the West and Central Africa regions have consistently had some of the highest numbers of UN-verified “grave violations” against children in armed conflict.

It said since 2016, the regions have recorded more than 21,000 children verified by the United Nations as recruited and used by armed forces and non-state armed groups, and more than 2,200 child victims of sexual violence.

UNICEF chief field officer in Maiduguri, PHUONG NGUYEN has described the situation as “unacceptable”.

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