Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- A 17-year-old girl has been arrested for taking a locally-made gun to her school in Cross River State, Nigeria's South-south.

The girl, who hid the gun inside her school bag, was paraded on Friday by the police in Calabar.

Her photo has been trending on Facebook and Twitter.

"I got the gun in my room, so I took it to school. The principal called the police to come and arrest me in the school," the girl told reporters.

She said the gun belonged to her boyfriend. "It's only him that always comes to my room," she said.

The boyfriend, Okon Effiong, who was also paraded by the police, admitted to reporters that the gun was his.

Mr Effiong said he did not know that the girl took the gun to the school and that he did no...