Katsina Abduction Was Done To Discourage Western Education – B Haram Claims Responsibility In New Audio
In the audio, a terrorist leader, believed to be Abubakar Shekau, added that the government was not teaching the pupils what Allah and his Holy Prophet commanded.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 15, 2020
Abubakar Shekau of Boko Haram sect has claimed responsibility for the abduction of at least 333 school pupils in Kankara, Katsina State, saying the act was to discourage un-Islamic practices such as Western education.
In the audio, a terrorist leader, believed to be Abubakar Shekau, added that the government was not teaching the pupils what Allah and his Holy Prophet commanded.
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Plan International, a non-governmental organisation focused
on girls’ rights, says the Nigerian government has not learnt from past
experiences.
Making references to the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls
from Chibok in 2014, and a similar incident in Dapchi Secondary School in 2018,
the organisation said government should have put in place adequate security to
prevent the attack that occurred in Katsina over the weekend.
Gunmen had, on Friday, attacked Government Science Secondary
School, Kankara, Katsina, with over 300 students still missing as of Sunday
afternoon.
Hussaini Abdu, Plan International’s country director in
Nigeria, said the government should have learnt from previous incidents and put
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