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In April 2014, Boko Haram also kidnapped 276 girls from their school dormitory in Chibok, Borno State.
Attacks on locals by the Islamist militants occur frequently in northeastern Nigeria. Kidnapping for ransom is becoming commonplace too, according to the Nigerian security group SB Mogen. The region is also the scene of regular clashes between herders and farmers. It is a part of Nigeria, where three different violent actors are operating, security analyst Audu Bulama Bukarti, told DW.
The rich and influential were initially targeted in kidnappings but now communities and villages are ransacked too, the latest report by SB Mogen notes. What we have found shows that between June 2011 and the end of March 2020, at least $18.34 million (€15.12) has been paid to kidnappers as ransom, the report states. Just below $11 million of that figure was paid out between January 2016 and March 2020.
Daily Trust reports that hundreds of motorcycle riding bandits, armed with sophisticated weapons, attacked the boys’ school at night.
During the attack, hundreds of students scaled through the fences of the school in search of safety while the rampaging bandits kept shooting and asking the fleeing boys to return.
The attack on the school took place a few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari landed in Katsina and proceeded to Daura, his hometown for a week-long private visit.
The siege at the Kankara science school was one of several attacks in towns and villages in Katsina State between Thursday and Friday, where bandits killed some people and abducted others to unknown locations.
Our Children Are Missing Parents Of Schoolboys Kidnapped In Katsina
They called on the government to do everything possible to secure the release of their children and wards.
by Saharareporters, New York
Dec 13, 2020
Some parents of the students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, abducted by gunmen on Friday night are worried and confused over the situation.
They called on the government to do everything possible to secure the release of their children and wards.
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Some of them spoke to DailyTrust on Saturday. A mother, Iklima Idris Bakori, said, “My son was taken away…Is it because we are poor that this is happening to us. If not, why is this happening?”
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