A view shows an empty classroom with school bags and wares belonging to pupils at the Government Science school where gunmen abducted students, in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina state, Nigeria December 15, 2020 – Boko Haram on Tuesday claimed the abduction of hundreds of students, marking its first attack in northwestern Nigeria since the jihadist uprising began more than ten years ago. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)Reactions have continued to trail the release of the 344 students of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara, Katsina State, who were abducted by gunmen last week Friday night.
For the students’ parents and relations, it has been wild jubilation and cries of joy over their release, after spending six days with the captors.
Three hundred and fourty-four students abducted by gunmen last Friday night at Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara, Katsina State, returned on Friday morning amidst wild jubilation from government officials and family members.
Their sojourn in the wild forest of Zamfara state in the hands of their abductors, ended Thursday evening, after they were set free and allowed to trace their way back home.
Some of the government officials and parents, who spoke on the students’ return, expressed happiness over the development. x
The students, all 344 of them, arrived the Katsina Government House premises at exactly 9:25am, inside long government-owned buses, accompanied by stern-looking policemen.
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