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Masari: 333 students missing from GSSS Kankara

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: December 13, 2020
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Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, has confirmed that 333 students are missing following an attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina on Friday night.

Masari gave the figure when he received a Federal Government delegation led by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno on Sunday.

The governor who explained that the school has a population of 839 students said so far, those kidnapped cut across the state with the boarding school housing all children from all parts of the state and outside the state.

He said: “Based on the available record we have, we are still searching for 333 students through either the forest or their parents to ascertain the actual number that have been kidnapped.

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“We are still counting because more are coming out from the forest and we are calling through the numbers those parents that have phone numbers to find out whether or not their children have gone back home.

“We as government we are yet to be contacted by any group or person responsible for the kidnap of the students.”

On his part, the leader of the delegation and Minister of Defence, General Bashir Magashi, asked the armed forces, the police and other security agencies to move faster to ensure that the speedy rescue of the students.

The Defence Minister warned that Bandits must not be allowed to rest for a moment, adding that it is high time to declare the bandits as terrorists to encourage people to seat up.

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He said: “Today we are here also to sympathise with you over the recent abduction of secondary school students which is more or less ruthless exercise conducted to temper with the education of the students.

“With the brief we received from the sister security agencies in the state, this task will be very simple to accomplish.

“Within the next few hours we will ensure that these people are back without any collateral damage to the people of Katsina State.

“All hands are on deck to ensure we accomplish our tasks within the armed forces and the police. I was here around August on the same kind of mission to sympathise with the government regarding the farmers/herders clashes.”

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