How Police, Army saved 80 Katsina Islamiya students from kidnappers
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By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
The police in Katsina have foiled an attempt to kidnap 80 students of an Isamiya ( Muslim) school in Funtua.
ASP Gambo Isa,the PPRO told the BBC that the bandits had earlier kidnapped 4 women in Dan Baure village in the area.
“On their way, they came across the Islamiya students who were returning from a Maulud celebration,” he said.
He said apart from the 4 women,the bandits were also moving with 12 rustled cows.
He explained that immediately some people alerted the Police, they and the soldiers, together with the vigilante, confronted the bandits in a tough fight.