Kankara schoolboys’ abduction stage-managed, Igbo youths insist
Published 20 December 2020
An Igbo socio-cultural youth organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, has described the recent abduction of 344 pupils from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, as stage-managed.
It said the incident was business as usual for Northern leaders.
The Igbo youth group, which wondered what the rationale behind the drama was, added that it was possibly to make the service chiefs appear capable or resist the idea of sacking from service.
In a statement on Saturday by the President-General and Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and Okwu Nnabuike, respectively, the OYC said, “The pieces of evidence of provisions of new blankets for over 300 pupils of Kankara boys by Boko Haram insurgents make the abduction fake or ‘jankara’ and organisers of the drama as amateurs.
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A group of schoolboys are pictured on Friday in Katsina, Nigeria following their release after they were kidnapped earlier this week. More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped last week in an attack on their school in northwest Nigeria have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrate their release. The boys were abducted from the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in Kankara in Katsina state village. (AP photo)
KATSINA, Nigeria More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped last week in an attack on their school, have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrations of their release.
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The National Inter-Faith and Religious Organizations for Peace (NIFROP) has welcomed the release of abducted students of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State.
The NIFROP, in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Bishop Sunday Garuba, on Friday, said the release is a demonstration of God’s faithfulness towards Nigeria and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Recall that the respected group, alongside other Nigerians had on Tueaday embarked on a one-day national prayer for the safe return of the schoolboys.
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Bishop Garuba had charged Nigerians to return to God in prayers to compliment the efforts of the gallant troops.
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President Muhammadu Buhari gestures at a meeting with the Kankara students on December 18, 2020, following their release by their captors.
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the rescued students of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, to return to school.
He urged them to remain focused on pursuing their interest in acquiring a good education, despite the misfortune of kidnapping, noting that the reward of knowledge was not negotiable.
The President gave the words of encouragement on Friday when he met with the 344 students at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Katsina State.
“If I wasn’t educated, I will not be standing here today in front of you. I schooled in Katsina for nine years. I moved on to join the army, served as a governor, Head of State, went to prison, came out, and later joined politics.