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Katsina Abductions: Jigawa, Zamfara close schools
The states share borders with Katsina, where over 333 students were abducted a few days ago.
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Following the abduction of 333 students at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina, neighbouring states, Jigawa and Zamfara, have closed their schools.
PREMIUM TIMES had reported how the students were abducted by gunmen on motorbikes on December 11.
The Katsina government said 333 students were abducted.
But Boko Haram, a terrorist organisation and Nigeria’s major security threat, which has claimed responsibility for the raid, said its fighters took over 500 students.
The terror group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, stated this on Tuesday in a video obtained by