KANKARA, Nigeria (AP) It was late Friday night when Usama Aminu heard gunshots, at first thinking they had come from the nearby town. As soon as he and the other students at the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara realized there was a raid on the school, they scrambled out of their dormitory and scaled the school s fence in the pandemonium.
The 17-year-old told The Associated Press about the attack on the school in Nigeria’s northern Katsina State in which men armed with AK-47 rifles abducted more than 300 students from the boys’ school. The attack, claimed by Boko Haram, Nigeria s jihadist rebels, has prompted an outcry in the West African nation against the government for not doing enough to stop attacks on schools in the north.
Jihadi cult Boko Haram releases sick video of sobbing kidnapped schoolboys
The Nigerian Islamist terrorist organisation stormed a school last week and abducted more than 500 students, who have now been seen in chilling footage pleading with the government
One boy addresses the camera while others cry in the background of the video (Image: HumAngle YouTube)
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300 schoolboys kidnapped by Nigeriaâs Boko Haram freed, says governor By LEKAN OYEKANMI and CARLEY PETESCH | December 17, 2020 at 9:18 AM EST - Updated December 17 at 4:30 PM
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) â More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwest Nigeria have been released, the Katsina State governor said Thursday.
Governor Aminu Bello Masari made the announcement on Nigerian state TV, NTA, from his office in Katsina State.
âAt the moment 344 of the students have been released and handed over to the security operatives. I think we can say at least we have recovered most of the boys, if not all of them,â he said. Arrangements are being made to transport them to Katsina, he said.
Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyya faction s claimed kidnapping of more than 300 schoolboys in Katsina state indicates expansion of Islamist militancy to northwest Nigeria
16 December 2020
Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyya faction s claimed kidnapping of more than 300 schoolboys in Katsina state indicates expansion of Islamist militancy to northwest Nigeria
by Heather Nicell
More than 300 schoolboys were kidnapped during an attack by at least 100 armed gunmen on motorcycles at Government Science Secondary School in Kankara town in the northwestern Nigerian state of Katsina in on 11 December. An armed clash broke out between security forces present in the town and the assailants, causing students to flee and hide in the surrounding bushes and forested areas. In an audio message released on 15 December, responsibility for the attack was claimed by Mohammed Abubakar bin Mohammad (alias ‘Abubakar Shekau’), the leader of the dissident Jamaat Ahl al-Sunna lil-Dawa wal-Jihad (JAS), a faction of the Isla
300 schoolboys kidnapped by Nigeriaâs Boko Haram freed, says governor By LEKAN OYEKANMI and CARLEY PETESCH | December 17, 2020 at 8:18 AM CST - Updated December 17 at 3:30 PM
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) â More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwest Nigeria have been released, the Katsina State governor said Thursday.
Governor Aminu Bello Masari made the announcement on Nigerian state TV, NTA, from his office in Katsina State.
âAt the moment 344 of the students have been released and handed over to the security operatives. I think we can say at least we have recovered most of the boys, if not all of them,â he said. Arrangements are being made to transport them to Katsina, he said.