Kidnapping: Benue Closes Boarding Schools
The governor said if hundreds of students could be abducted in Katsina, the home state of the president, no place was safe again.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 17, 2020
Following the abduction of students at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, Gov. Samuel Ortom has ordered the closure of all boarding schools in Benue State.
Ortom, who announced the decision on Thursday when he visited the Maximum Security Custodian Centre (MSCC) in Makurdi, condemned the abduction of students in Katsina State.
Governor Samuel Ortom
He said he had directed the Commissioner for Education to complete necessary steps to close all boarding schools in Benue as a preventive measure against the abduction of students.
Gov. Ortom directs closure of boarding schools in Benue
Mr Ortom, who announced the decision on Thursday, condemned the abduction of students in Katsina State.
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Following the abduction of students at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, Gov. Samuel Ortom has ordered the closure of all boarding schools in Benue State.
Mr Ortom, who announced the decision on Thursday when he visited the
Maximum-Security Custodian Centre (MSCC)in Makurdi, condemned the abduction of students in Katsina State.
He said he had directed the Commissioner for Education to complete necessary steps to close all boarding schools in Benue as a preventive measure against the abduction of students.
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Following the abduction of students at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, Gov. Samuel Ortom has ordered the closure of all boarding schools in Benue State.
Ortom, who announced the decision on Thursday when he visited the Maximum Security Custodian Centre (MSCC) in Makurdi, condemned the abduction of students in Katsina State.
He said he had directed the Commissioner for Education to complete necessary steps to close all boarding schools in Benue as a preventive measure against abduction of students.
The governor said if hundreds of students could be abducted in Katsina, the home state of the president, no place was safe again.
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Following the abduction of students at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has ordered the closure of all boarding schools in the state.
Ortom, who announced the decision on Thursday when he visited the Maximum Security Custodian Centre (MSCC) in Makurdi, the state capital, condemned the abduction of students in Katsina State.
He said he had directed the Commissioner for Education to complete necessary steps to close all boarding schools in the state as a preventive measure against abduction of students.