India, Nov. 23 -- School owners, teachers and parents in Nigeria have voiced alarm over the surge in student abductions across educational institutions, particularly in the country's northern region, where a series of attacks has intensified security fears.

The Chairman of the National Proprietors of Private Schools, Otubela Abayomi, told Punch that the association's National Executive Committee would meet on Sunday to assess the situation.

Abayomi described the repeated abductions as "painful" and "saddening," warning that the attacks were undermining Nigeria's future.

"It seems there is no end to the kidnapping of children and workers within schools. Those supposed to lead the country tomorrow are being denied quality education, whil...