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The Federal Government has reacted to claims in some quarters that the abduction of students from Government Science Secondary school in Kankara, Katsina State, and their release was stage-managed.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, dismissed the claim on Saturday when he featured on a special edition of the Nigeria Television Authority programme, “Good Morning Nigeria’’
Lai Mohammed described the claim as ‘senseless.’
“It does not make sense for any administration to stage-manage abduction of students or any of its citizens.
“What precisely does the government want to achieve? Is it to prove the deficiency of the military or what.
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The Nigerian military has made some disclosures on how it carried out the rescue operation of the three hundred forty-four (344) boys kidnapped from their school in Kankara, Katsina State, on December 11.
It said that while kinetic and non-kinetic approaches were used to ensure all the students were rescued unhurt, there was resistance from the kidnappers who laid an ambush against the troops.
Major Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, and retired Major Gen. Ahmed Jibrin, former Director, Military Intelligence, gave the accounts when they both featured on a special edition of the Nigeria Television Authority programme, “Good Morning Nigeria” on Saturday.
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