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Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary's Catholic school in Papiri

2025/3029(RSP)·RSP·Official procedure file ↗

Resolution on a topical subject.

Summary

In this non-legislative resolution, adopted on 18 December 2025, Parliament strongly condemns the mass kidnapping of 21 November 2025 at St Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, in which gunmen abducted 303 students and 12 teachers and staff, and all attacks against children, teachers and educational or religious institutions. It records that over 400 people have been abducted in North-Central Nigeria since mid-November 2025, that similar kidnappings have occurred in Kebbi and Borno states, and that Nigeria declared a national security emergency on 26 November 2025. The text demands the immediate and unconditional release of all remaining abductees and calls on the Nigerian Government to ensure their safe return and to conduct thorough investigations. It calls on federal and regional authorities to strengthen school protection, implement the Safe Schools Declaration, provide alternative learning arrangements, and act against religious, ethnic and intercommunal violence, in particular against Christian communities.

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Voted 18 Dec 2025

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Other votes on this text · 4 votes

Plenary amendments7 tabled on this text

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

  1. Amendment 1ECRJoint motion for a resolution · Recital F a (new)
    Amendment

    Fa. whereas globally Nigeria is the country most affected by violence against Christians, with nearly 17 000 killings between 2019 and 2023, and over 7 000 victims since the start of 2025;

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  2. Amendment 2ECRJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 7
    Current text

    7. Recognises that conflict over access to scarce resources, endemic poverty, and insufficient opportunities to achieve a stable livelihood are driving insecurity and fuelling violence in northern Nigeria;

    Amendment

    7. Recognises that the presence of violent Islamist groups, conflict over access to scarce resources, endemic poverty, and insufficient opportunities to achieve a stable livelihood are driving insecurity and fuelling violence in northern Nigeria;

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  3. Amendment 3ECRJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 8
    Current text

    8. Urges Nigerian authorities and the international community to take action against insecurity and religious, ethnic and intercommunal violence in the region and end the widespread impunity that has emboldened criminal and terrorist groups;

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    8. Urges Nigerian authorities and the international community to take action against insecurity and religious, ethnic and intercommunal violence in the region, in particular against Christian communities, which are specifically being targeted, and end the widespread impunity that has emboldened criminal and terrorist groups;

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  4. Amendment 4ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 a (new)
    Amendment

    1a. Considers that the mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria is part of a systematic pattern of Islamist violence and targeting of Christian communities;

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  5. Amendment 5PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Recital D a (new)
    Amendment

    Da. whereas in 2024 over 276 mostly Christian schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram and allied groups, which have forced some abducted children to become soldiers or ‘wives’ and participate in attacks, including as suicide bombers;

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  6. Amendment 6PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Recital E a (new)
    Amendment

    Ea. whereas Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world, with Nigeria accounting for 90 % of Christians martyred worldwide;

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  7. Amendment 7PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 7
    Current text

    7. Recognises that conflict over access to scarce resources, endemic poverty, and insufficient opportunities to achieve a stable livelihood are driving insecurity and fuelling violence in northern Nigeria;

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    7. Recognises that the targeted attacks against churches and other Christian institutions in Nigeria are driven by Islamist motives; supports the ongoing international efforts to combat terrorist organisations such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province, which are attacking, killing and displacing Nigerians, particularly Christians, and calls on the authorities to take immediate, concrete measures to prevent and respond to their terrorist attacks;

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