Confusion has continued to trail the latest abduction and release of over 300 students in Katsina, North-East Nigeria. One of the hundreds of schoolboys who were kidnapped from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State has claimed that their abductors were not members of Boko Haram.
The schoolboy made this known in a viral video, adding that they were told to say that the kidnappers were Boko Haram terrorists.
The student when asked if their abductors were bandits or Boko Haram, the students said, ‘I do not know who they are but I was told to say they’re Boko Haram from the gang of Abu Shekau.’
Asked about his experience, he added, ‘From what I experienced sincerely they are not Boko Haram.’
However, the 344 students were released to the government of Katsina State on Friday after spending exactly a week in captivity.
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Recall that immediately after the release of the students, Bello Matawalle, the Governor of Zamfara, revealed that Fulani apex socio-cultural organisation, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, negotiated the release of their release.
Matawalle said the state was able to secure their release through the help of MACBEN and repentant bandits.
This was despite claims by the Boko Haram insurgents that they kidnapped the boys.
Matawalle had insisted that there was ‘nothing like Boko Haram in the abduction, claiming the bandits did it.’
Many groups and individuals have said that the kidnap incident was a stage managed event by the Buhari administration.
Ohaneze ndigbo youth wing has termed it ‘an award winning drama’, while the former Nigeria minister of education said that ‘Buhari sent the schoolboys to tour’. The Federal Government is yet to react to the statement by the student.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
