Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina State, has been invaded by gunmen on Friday, unknown number of students was abducted.
This happened barely a few hours after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), arrived in his home state of Katsina for a week-long private visit.
candidreporters.com gathered that the gunmen invaded the school about 10.15 p.m and shot at one of the policemen manning the main gate of the school.
A policeman shot 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.
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.
Some students were 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.
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