12/16/2020
Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed the abduction of more than 300 boys from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara town, Katsina State. The attack, which took place on Friday December 11, is the largest abduction of people in recent history in Nigeria. It is very similar to past abductions by the group, including the kidnap of 276 schoolgirls from Chibok Nigeria. That abduction led to the #Bringbackourgirls Campaign, which is still seeking to rescue more than 100 of those girls. Unlike the Chibok attack however, most of those abducted appear to be Muslim believers. What this will likely mean is that for those who are Christians, they will likely be forced to convert or be held back when the rest are released, similar to Leah Sharibu from Dapchi.
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GOVERNOR Aminu Masari of Katsina State said on Wednesday that the kidnapped students of Government Secondary School, Kankara were alive and currently in a forest in Zamfara State.
Masari, who made this remark in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, said, “They (kidnapped schoolboys) are in Zamfara forests, we have got the information.”
Also speaking during an interview with Channels Television, the governor said efforts were on to ensure that the students returned home safely, adding that discussions were on with the suspected abductors through Miyetti Allah, to ensure the students’ release.
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2020-12-16 02:35:18 GMT2020-12-16 10:35:18(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ABUJA, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) The national union of Nigerian teachers on Tuesday threatened to down tools over recent attacks on schools, including Friday s abduction of students in the country s northwestern state of Katsina.
Recent attacks have posed a threat to the lives of teachers and students, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) said in a statement, in response to the attack on the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, in which more than 300 students went missing.
The latest attack in Katsina sent shivers through the spine of other members of the union in the academic community, the union noted.
People gather inside the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Nigeria, Saturday Dec. 12, 2020. PHOTO: AP
Boko Haram recruited three local gangs in to kidnap hundreds of schoolboys on its behalf in Katsina, security and local sources said Wednesday.
The jihadist group has claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack, which targeted a secondary school in the town of Kankara, in Katsina state.
But sources told AFP the operation was carried out on Boko Haram’s orders by a notorious local gangster called Awwalun Daudawa.
The 43-year-old worked in collaboration with Idi Minorti and Dankarami, two other crime chiefs with strong local followings, they said.