Tag: Kankara Students

Katsina abduction: Buhari meets released freed schoolboys

Aminu Imam

Tells them: “Dont be distracted from pursuing your education”  President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Katsina advised the freed students of Government Science Secondary School, (GSS) Kankara, to remain focused in the pursuit and acquisition of good education despite their ill-fated experience. The President, according to a statement by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, met with the 344 freed boys at the Banquet Hall of Katsina State Government House, describing their plights as a test of character and determination to succeed in life.  President Buhari, who tasked the pupils not to be…

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Kankara abduction: After video in captivity, gunmen finally release schoolboys in Zamfara

Aminu Imam

Few hours after a video was released of Kankara School Boys in captivity, the armed gunmen have finally released the students in Tsafe, a border town between Zamfara and Katsina States. A source involved in the release told newsmen that all the abducted boys of Government Secondary School, Kankara in custody have been released, saying that the boys are now safe.  A video of the abducted students of Kankara Secondary School Katsina has surfaced with the victims urging Nigerian authorities to withdraw forces on rescue mission and close down schools. …

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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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kidnap of Kankara students: Nigerias security embarrassment must stop – DG PGF

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director-General, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Salihu Lukman said the abduction of over 500 school children of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara, Katsina State is painful, shameful and embarrassing. He charged both the executive and the leadership of the nations military to put an end to the frightening spate of insecurity in the country. In a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja, Lukman dejectedly said nobody is safe in Nigeria. He said: The abduction of over 500 school children of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara, Katsina…

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