BREAKING NEWS: BANDITS KIDNAP OVER 300 STUDENTS IN KATSINA STATE

NEWS - Posted on: 12th Dec. 2020 at 2:20PM
Reports have it that yesterday night, bandits stormed Government Science Secondary School in Kankara LGA, Katsina State and kidnapped over 300 students from their dormitories.

According to one source, “the bandits stormed Kankara town around 10:06pm shooting sporadically. They came to the town and even close to the residence of the District Head.

“DPO alerted Operation Sharan Daji and Operation Sahel Sanity who repelled the attack. On their way out, they attacked the Government Science Secondary School which is located on the outskirts on the way to Yan Tsabau, shot the security guard and break the gate and entered the school.

“Currently, we are conducting head count and out of over 800 students in the school, so far less than 200 were found while scores were kidnapped and others fled into the bush for safety".

This is happening even when the Commander In Chief of the armed forces, President Buhari is on a personal visit to his home state where the governor, Aminu Masari has been crying over the deteriorating state of security in Katsina, the President's state.

As at the time of filing this report, no group has claimed responsibility and no ransom demanded yet.

Posted by: Emdee David

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