Dec 13, 2020
The arrival of President Buhari at the Umar Musa Yar’adua Airport, Katsina State, same day the kidnapping took place.
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There was outrage across the country on Saturday as reports of the kidnap of an unspecified number of students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State spread, bringing back memories of a similar incident in Chibok, Borno State in 2014.
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, Peoples Democratic Party, leaders of Mdzough U Tiv, Mdzough U Tiv worldwide, Ochtoha’Idoma and Omi’Ngede socio-cultural group in Benue State and Nigerians in general condemned the incident in strong terms, calling for strong intervention from the government, while others said it signified failure of intelligence gathering by Nigeria’s security forces and consequently a slap on the face of the president who is presently in his home state of Katsina for a visit.
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Bandits have stormed a boys boarding secondary in Kankara town, the headquarters of Kankara Local Government Area and kidnapped some students on Friday night.
However, a very credible source in the school said as of Saturday morning, 600 out of the 800 students were not accounted for by the school authorities.
The source however said it could not be ascertained how many of the students were actually kidnapped, saying some of them could have fled into the bush or nearby homes when the kidnappers arrived the school around 9.30 p.m.
According to the source, the school has over 800 students, with the exception of JS3 and SS3 students who are now out of school.