Few hours Buhari arrives Daura, gunmen attack Katsina govt school and Kidnap many students

Barely a few hours after the President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Kastina State, unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits invaded Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina State and abducted unknown number of students.

It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the school about 10.15 p.m on Friday night and shot at one of the policemen manning the main gate of the school.

One of the policemen, who was said to have been wounded on the leg, is currently receiving treatment in a hospital in the Kankara town.

It was learnt that the bandits then proceeded to the staff quarters where they abducted the wife of an employee in the school before they stormed the students’ hostel and abducted unspecified number of students.

Military sources disclosed that troops of the Nigerian Army later arrived at the school to confront the bandits and the bandits absconded with some of the students in the process.

Some of the students were also said to have escaped from the school during the gun duel between the troops and the bandits.

The Spokesman for the Katsina Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident but could not disclose the exact number of students abducted.

He said, “We are still taking the headcount of the students. Maybe no student was even abducted as some of the students had to escape from the school during the gun duel. So, I cannot give you the exact number of students actually abducted for now.”

A senior staff at the school equally said the headcount of the students were being taken as of the time of filing this report.

The staff, who pleaded for anonymity, added that parents of wards have rushed to the school to know the fate of their children.

Newsflash247 reported that President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday left Abuja for his hometown, Daura in Katsina State for seven-day private visit.

He will be away from the seat of power for one week in what the Presidency described as a “private visit.”

“The aircraft carrying the President from Abuja landed at 4:45pm on Friday at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in Katsina where he was received by the Governor Aminu Bello Masari, his deputy, Mannir Yakubu, senior government officials and the heads of security agencies in the state.

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