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Chuks Okocha, Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Francis Sardauna in Katsina
Parents of pupils of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State that were kidnapped by bandit last Friday, hit the street of the troubled town yesterday, demanding the immediate recovery of their children.
Moments after the protest rocked the town that is 100km from Katsina, the state capital, Governor Aminu Masari confirmed that 333 of the 839 pupils of the school are still unaccounted for.
The presidency, however, assured Nigerians yesterday that the rescue of the pupils would not be long as troops have surrounded the kidnappers in their hideout.