Tag: Katsina abduction

Boko Haram claims responsibility for kidnapping of Kankara schoolboys

Aminu Imam

Reveals exact figure of abducted students   The leader of Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group that abducted hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria six years ago, has claimed responsibility for the mass abduction of students in north-western Katsina state last week.  Recall that a large group of men armed with AK-47s overran the all-boys Government Science secondary school in the town of Kankara on Friday night, marching more than 300 students into surrounding forests. In an audio tape released yesterday, its leader, Abubakar Shekau, said: “Our brothers were behind the abduction…

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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: Northern Groups begin ‘protest trekking’ to meet Buhari in Daura

Aminu Imam

As thugs disrupt Kaduna security summit  The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) says its State chapters have started trekking to Daura, the country home of President Muhammadu Buhari, in protest against the abduction of students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Speaking with newsmen yesterday, the CNG spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, said that his members would storm the President’s residence today and remain there till the missing students were rescued. “The Kano CNG will take-off from Danbatta, in solidarity with the Katsina chapter, to link up with the Jigawa…

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