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Only 10 schoolboys in captivity, presidency says
By Modupe Shodeinde
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said only 10 schoolboys abducted from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, are still in captivity.
This is in disagreement with the Katsina State Governor, Bello Masari, over the number of boys missing. The Governor on Sunday, said 333 boys were still missing.
However, Garba Shehu told the BBC Hausa Service that only 10 boys are with the bandits.
“The Government of Nigeria has said its security forces have surrounded the location where gunmen have kept schoolchildren abducted from a secondary school in Katsina State.
“Spokesman for the President, Mallam Garba Shehu, told the BBC only 10 children were remaining in the hands of the gunmen according to their colleagues who escaped from the gunmen. The number is below figures released by school authorities at the beginning. Garba Shehu said the school children who escaped said 10 of their friends were still with their abductors.” The BBC Hausa bulletin read.
A group of armed men on Friday, had stormed the all-boys Government Science secondary school in Kankara on Friday night, shooting local security and engaged security forces in gun battle, forcing hundreds of students to flee and hide in the surrounding forest.
According to the Governor, students who managed to escape the attack have been coming out of hiding in the forest, however, more than 300 students are still yet to be accounted for.
