- Blame inadequate security for their abduction
Some of the kidnapped 344 students of Government Science Secondary School who regained freedom on Thursday night, have vowed not to return to school until adequate security measures are put in place by the state government.
The schoolboys who arrived at Katsina State Government House on Friday morning urged Governor Aminu Bello Masari to relocate the school to Kankara town. The Students were driven into the Government House in a convoy escorted by the 17 Brigade Commander, Brig-General WB Idris and other top security operatives according to report.
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One of the released students, Yusuf Suleiman, SS1, while speaking said that lack of adequate security in the school was responsible for their abduction by the bandits.
He said: ‘We suffered in the hand of the bandits and for me, I will not return to the school again because it has no security and it is located at the outskirts of Kankara town’.
Another student, Abdulmajid Umar, on his part called on the state government as a matter of urgency to relocate the all-boys secondary to Kankara town to avoid recurrence of the incident.
Umar, a JSS3 student, said: ‘It will be difficult for us to return to the school. Most of us have agreed not to go back to the school again. We will seek a transfer to other schools within Katsina metropolis’.
The students were earlier handed over to the Governor by the Commander of the 17 Brigade, WB Idris, who said that the schoolboys were rescued by the combined team of security operatives in the state.
‘We are here this morning (Friday) to formally hand over the 344 students of Government Science Secondary Kankara that were rescued from the bandits yesterday night (Thursday)’, he said.
While receiving the 344 students, Governor Masari, said they would be taken to hospital for examination to ascertain their health status before they will be reunited with their parents.
He assured that his administration would continue to give ultimate attention to security of lives and property of the citizenry, adding security is everyone’s responsibility.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
