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No students were abducted, and no active school was attacked during an incident in Kautikari, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, a presidential spokesperson maintained on Sunday, debunking viral social media claims.
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, shared a fact-check report by security analyst Zagazola Makama that dismissed reports of an ISWAP raid on schools with student abductions.
“A wave of alarming reports circulating across social media and some online platforms has claimed that Boko Haram insurgents attacked a school and abducted students in Kautikari community of Chibok Local Government Area, Borno State,” the report said.
The claims, the report noted, were “predictably amplified by emotionally charged references to the 2014 Chibok schoolgirls’ abduction” and had “generated anxiety among Nigerians.”
However, “a detailed fact-check based on assessment from field sources, and video evidence from the scene, has found the claims to be entirely FALSE,” the report stated.
The incident occurred at about 7:30 p.m. on June 13 and targeted a hunters’ patrol base housed inside a disused primary school building in the community, according to the report.
“The facility being used by the hunters was not functioning as a school at the time of the attack, nor were students present at the location,” the report said. Local hunters had established a patrol outpost within the structure, using some classrooms as temporary accommodation and operational shelters while supporting troops of Operation HADIN KAI.
“The terrorists specifically targeted the hunters’ base and not a school populated by students as widely claimed,” the report stated.
Initial resistance by the hunters successfully repelled the first assault, but the terrorists later regrouped in larger numbers and launched a second attack, “forcing the hunters to temporarily withdraw after running low on ammunition.”
Military sources disclosed that reinforcement teams comprising troops of the 117 Task Force Battalion from Kwada, supported by a Quick Response Force, local hunters and vigilante personnel, rapidly mobilised to the scene and engaged the terrorists. “The coordinated response eventually overwhelmed the attackers and forced them to retreat,” the report said.
FACT CHECK: No ISWAP School Attack, No Student Abduction in Kautikari, Chibok
By Zagazola Makama
A wave of alarming reports circulating across social media and some online platforms has claimed that Boko Haram insurgents attacked a school and abducted students in Kautikari… pic.twitter.com/cmXIrrNJLn
— Bayo Onanuga, OON, CON (@aonanuga1956) June 14, 2026
No evidence of abductions
“Contrary to viral claims, there is no evidence that any student was abducted during the attack,” the report said. “Operational reports from the scene recorded no missing students, no reports of schoolchildren being taken away, and no indication that the terrorists targeted an educational institution in session.”
Security sources confirmed that accountability checks conducted after the attack found no cases of student abduction, according to the report.
The only confirmed casualties were “one civilian who was reportedly struck by a stray bullet fired by the terrorists and one member of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) who sustained a gunshot wound to the arm,” the report said. No troops were killed or injured during the engagement.
The report noted that terrorists set fire to clothing and personal belongings belonging to the hunters stationed at the outpost.
Video evidence supports military account
Video footage obtained by Zagazola Makama from the aftermath of the attack showed one of the affected hunters pointing to the damaged facility and burnt belongings while lamenting the destruction.
“This is where we sleep,” the hunter says in the footage while pointing to the affected section of the building.
The report said the footage “clearly supports military accounts that the target was a hunters’ outpost and not a school with students.”
“The confusion likely arose because the hunters’ base was situated within the premises of a defunct primary school,” the report said. Photographs and videos showing damaged classrooms were subsequently circulated online without context, leading some platforms to incorrectly conclude that a school had been attacked and students abducted.
“The result was the rapid spread of misinformation that failed basic verification standards,” the report said.
The report noted that “given Chibok’s painful history, any report involving schools and abductions naturally attracts attention. This makes accurate reporting even more important.”
FACT CHECK: No ISWAP School Attack, No Student Abduction in Kautikari, Chibok
By Zagazola Makama
A wave of alarming reports circulating across social media and some online platforms has claimed that Boko Haram insurgents attacked a school and abducted students in Kautikari… pic.twitter.com/cmXIrrNJLn
— Bayo Onanuga, OON, CON (@aonanuga1956) June 14, 2026
