Breaking News: Bandits Welcome President Buhari With Abduction Of Students From GSSS Kankara Katsina State

In what appears like a welcome package to President Muhammadu Buhari to his home state, bandits in a Friday night raid abducted yet to be specified number of students from the Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina State.

It would be recalled that President Buhari had left Abuja Friday afternoon to his hometown, Daura, Katsina state on a week-long private visit.

The latest abduction of the school children reinforced the high scale insecurity in the country. The House of Representatives had requested President Buhari to attend its plenary session to brief them of measures being taken to curb the spate of insecurity in the country.

Though, he had accepted their request but in a twist, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, advised him to the contrary saying that the House of Representatives acted beyond their boundaries.

Reports said that the principal of the school, Usman Abubakar who confirmed the development to ait.live in a phone call added that the bandits arrived at the school at around 10.15 pm Friday night and operated for about 1 hour.

According to Abubakar, the bandits in their numbers burgled the school gate and shot one of the policemen on duty on his leg who is presently receiving treatment in one of the hospitals. The other policeman who was also on duty escaped before the bandits gained complete access to the school.

He further added that the bandits later proceeded to the staff quarters where they abducted the wife of one of the workers but later released her while they went away with their child.

According to him, the situation was however brought under control when soldiers of the Nigerian Army stationed in Kankara came and engaged the bandits in a gun duel, forcing them to abort their operations and flee to the nearby bush with the abducted victims due to the superior firepower of the military.

According to Abubakar, the school management is presently conducting a headcount among the students to ascertain the exact number that was abducted during the attack.

When contacted, the spokesman of the police, SP Gambo Isah said, he will reach out to the Divisional Police Officer of the area for information and revert back as soon as possible.

Kankara is one of the eight frontline local government areas affected by the activities of bandits. This incident is however the first time bandits are abducting students from a school in Katsina State since banditry started sometime last year.