The state government received reports of a kidnapping of pupils and teachers in the Birnin Gwari local government area,Kaduna state official Samuel Aruwan said on Monday.
Nigerian gunmen have kidnapped around 30 schoolgirls overnight in the fourth mass school abduction since December.
The girls were taken from The Federal College of Forestry Mechanization on the outskirts of Kaduna city, near to a military academy.
Military and police attempts to tackle the armed gangs - who roam the area often on motorcycles - have had little success.
Many locals fear that state authorities letting the kidnappers go unpunished or paying them off could be exacerbating the situation.
The latest kidnapping follows a spate of similar incidents in the country - including one which saw 279 girls taken and subsequently returned.
Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country’s northwest have been returned to their families amid chaos as security forces opened fire on a gathering outside the school where the reunions were held Wednesday.
At least three people were reportedly shot as the event in the northwestern town of Jangebe, Nigeria descended into chaos, according to local media reports. It is unclear if anyone was killed.
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