Residents of Kastina State on Sunday took to the streets to protest over the abduction of students from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara Local Government Area of the state.

The protesters demanded immediate rescue of students abducted by bandits on Friday night.

Among the protesters was a woman who happened to be the leader of the protesters. She identified herself as one of the mothers of the abducted students.

The school’s premises and some parts of the town was occupied by the protesters carrying placards with placards with various inscriptions such as ; ‘Government must speak out’, ‘We want our children back’ and ‘We want security in Kankara’.

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The protesters also chanted songs seeking the rescue of the abducted students.

Meanwhile, the Coalition of Northern Groups has threatened to mobilise students and youths to go on protest in Katsina state if the abducted students were not rescued on time.

The chairman of the North-West zone of the group, Jamiu Aliyu who addressed a press conference in Katsina said, “We condemn in totality this barbaric act and call for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the culprits, we equally stress the inability of the government to protect those young, innocent, vibrant students from this horrible attack as uncalled for.

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“Failure of the government to rescue the missing students within a shortest period of time, CNG will not hesitate to mobilize hundreds of thousands on the streets of Katsina state for a continuous protest, until the students are fully rescued, even if it’s going to cost our lives.”

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