A joint rescue operation was launched on Saturday by Nigeria’s police, air force and army after the military engaged in gunfights with bandits after locating their hideout in the Zango/Paula forest.
If Boko Haram is proven to be behind the abduction, it could mean a new wave of religious extremism is on the rise in Nigeria. For more than 10 years, the group has engaged in a bloody campaign for introducing strict Islamic rule, but it has been mainly active in the north-east of the country, not in the north-west, where Katsina State is located. Thousands have been killed and more than a million people displaced by the violence.
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Aisha Yesufu, Co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls, BBOG advocacy group has warned that the Boko Haram sect may turn to the Southern part of Nigeria after it is done with the north..
The activist issued the warning while cautioning Nigerians against being less concerned about the plight of the North, stressing that no region is immune to the sect’s violence.
In a series of tweets, Yesufu insisted that terrorism was a menace to all Nigerians.
She wrote: “When Boko haram is done with the North they will face the South. If you think this is none of your business, some thought it wasn’t their business when it was happening in the North East, now it is.
PDP said Buhari places more premium on the welfare of his cattle than the protection of Nigerians.
The party described as insensitive the action of Buhari to visit his cattle ranch while ignoring Kankara where the students were abducted.
Boko Haram had last week abducted some students of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The students were abducted while Buhari was on a private visit to his hometown of Daura, in Katsina State.
Following the incident, parents of the students had taken to the streets to protest the abduction of their children.
Amid the protest, photographs emerged online of Buhari visiting his cattle ranch.
Boko Haram claims abduction of 330 students in Nigeria By SAM OLUKOYA and CARLEY PETESCH, Associated Press
Published: December 15, 2020, 3:50pm
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5 Photos Parents of the missing Government Science secondary school students wait for news on their children in Kankara , Nigeria, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria s northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years, raising fears of a growing wave of violence in the region. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) Photo Gallery
LAGOS, Nigeria Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria’s northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years, raising fears of a growing wave of violence in the region.