Afaka kidnapping

The Afaka kidnapping took place on 11 March 2021, when gunmen attacked Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Igabi LGA, in Kaduna State and kidnapped 39 students just weeks after a similar attack in Jangebe, Zamfara State. The abducted comprised 23 females along with 16 males and was carried out late at night. It was the third incident of mass kidnapping from a school in northern Nigeria in 2021.