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Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday, stated the role he played in the release of 344 students abducted from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State.
Gunmen on motorcycles had attacked the school on December 11 and abducted the students a few hours after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), arrived in Katsina for a week-long private visit.
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, however, announced the release of the 344 schoolboys six days after their abduction by bandits. The students were freed at a forest in Zamfara State.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Matawalle said the Kankara schoolboys were released in his state before they were moved to Katsina.