Tag: Kankara abduction

‘Our kidnappers demanded N344m, N1m per head’, say Katsina schoolboys

Aminu Imam

Abducted schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, have said that their kidnappers demanded a total of N344 million naira N1 million per head before they were released, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. It would be recalled that all the 344 schoolboys were released on Thursday, December 17, by the bandits who had kidnapped them on Friday, December 11. After six nights in captivity, the students were handed to security agents on the night of Dec. 17, some 80 miles from their school, in the…

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Kankara abduction: IGP vows such incident won’t happen again

Aminu Imam

  Visits State Command  The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, yesterday visited the Katsina State Police Command to meet with officers of the Nigeria Police Force, and vowed that the abduction of the students from Government Science Secondary School, (GSS), ?ankara will never happen again.  The IGPs statement comes after gunmen suspected to be bandits on December 11, invaded the Secondary school and kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys, who were later released on December 16th. Upon his visit, the Police boss met with the tactical units, the Area Commanders, the…

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‘We rescued Kankara schoolboys Military contradicts govs on involvement of Miyetti Allah

Aminu Imam

The Defence Headquarters says the troops of ‘Operation Hadarin Daji’ successfully rescued all 344 abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, (GSS) Kankara, Katsina State.  Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle and his Katsina State counterpart, Aminu Bello Masari, had separately said the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association played a major role in the release of the schoolboys. But in a statement issued yesterday, the spokesman of the Defence Headquarters, John Enenche, said the military rescued the captives, thanking the members of general public who volunteered information are also appreciated. He…

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Mass abduction of students: Insecurity destroying the education, future of Nigerian youths – APC laments

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said that there is no greater harm that insecurity can do to Nigeria than to destroy its education and the future of its youths.  This is in reaction to the abduction of more than 500 students from Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) in Kankara, Katsina State. In a Statement signed by the chairman of its caretaker committee and Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni, on Tuesday, the party called on the military and all security agencies to dig deeper and do…

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Just In! Katsina abductors demand N250m to free school children

Aminu Imam

Abductors of the students of Government Science Secondary School, (GSS) Kankara, in Katsina State are asking for N250million ransom before they will set free their victims, an official of the school has told Dateline Nigeria. The official, who does not want to be named because he is not authorized to brief the press on the matter, said the demand was made on Sunday, two days after the children were taken from their school hostel. Recall that over 300 students are still missing and are presumed to be held in the…

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Kankara abduction, slap on President Buharis face – Sultan

Aminu Imam

  says lapses exist in nations security architecture   ‘Abductors have contacted us’, Masari tells Buhari  The Jamaatu Nasril Islam (JNI), led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Saad Abubakar III, has described the abduction of hundreds of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankaras students, as a slap on President Muhammadu Buharis face. The apex Islamic body in the North said that the boldness of the bandits to carry out the abduction on the day Mr. President arrived Katsina State on a private visit and bring it up to his…

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