The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday, has alleged that the Police have tear gas protesting parents of the abducted students from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State by bandits on Friday.
Newsflash247 had earlier reported that some residents staged a peaceful protest in Kankara, Katsina State, on Sunday, to demand the prompt rescue of secondary school students abducted by bandits on Friday.
The protest was led by a woman, who did not disclose her name but claimed that she was a mother of one of the abducted students.
The protesters went around the school’s premises and some parts of the town with placards with various inscriptions such as: ‘Government must speak out’, ‘We want our children back’, and ‘We want security in Kankara’.
The protesters also sang solidarity songs reflecting the messages on the placards.
But PDP alleged that teargas canisters were thrown at protesting parents of the students by the police.
This was contained a statement titled ‘PDP Queries Buhari Presidency over Tear Gas attack on Katsina Abducted Students’ Parents,’ signed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday.
The PDP queried the Buhari Presidency over what it described as “the unwarranted tear gas attack” by the police on grieving parents of the kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State.
Meanwhile, the Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari had revealed that 333 students had yet to be accounted for.
The governor stated, “The children so far kidnapped cut across the state, because the boarding school houses all children from all parts of the state and even some from outside the state.
“It has a population of 839 and so far, we have yet to account for 333 students. And we are still counting because more are coming out from the forest and we are calling through the numbers of those parents who have phone numbers to find out whether or not their children have gone back home.
“Because we have discovered that there are so many local governments that the children have gone back, but based on the available record, we are still searching for 333 students either in the forest or through their parents to ascertain the actual number that have been kidnapped.”
The governor said the bandits had yet to contact the government or anybody on the abduction of the students, and gave an assurance that efforts were being made to ensure their release.
