Many missing as hoodlums attack secondary school students in Katsina

Etim Ekpimah

Many students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina are missing when bandits attacked them on Friday.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Gambo Isah, said this in a statement he made available to newsmen on Saturday.

“The police, Nigerian Army, and Nigerian Air Force are working closely with the school authorities to ascertain the actual number of the missing and/or kidnapped students while search parties are assiduously working with a view to finding and/or rescuing the missing students.

“It will be too early to say at this particular moment the actual number of students that have been kidnapped or missing,” he said.

Isah stated that the hoodlums attacked the students around 9.40pm by shooting continuously with AK-47 rifles.

He added that the policemen on duty responded to the attack and engaged them in a gun duel which gave the students opportunity to scale the fence of the school and ran for safety.

According to him, a police inspector was injured during the crossfire. He noted that the policeman had been taken to a hospital where he is receiving treatment.

The PPRO stated that on the process, the police were able to rescue over 200 students.

He said: “Yesterday, 11/12/2020 at about 21:40hrs, bandits in their numbers, shooting continuously with AK 47 rifles, attacked Government Science Secondary School, Kankara.

“The policemen on duty also responded to the attack and engaged them in a gun duel which gave the students opportunity to scale the fence of the school and ran for safety.

“The DPO reinforced the policemen on duty with Armoured Personnel Carrier, (APC), which forced the hoodlums to retreat into the forest.

“One inspector sustained a gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital. He is responding to treatment. In the course of investigation, the DPO rescued over two hundred students back into the school compound.”