Gunmen on motorcycles attack school in northern Nigeria 13 Dec 2020 Gulf Today Report Gunmen have raided a government secondary school in northern Nigeria's Katsina state, police said on Saturday, in an apparent kidnapping attempt for ransom. Local residents told the media that several students were captured. President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the attack in a statement on Saturday and ordered security reinforcement in other schools. READ MORE The gunmen stormed Government Science Secondary School at Kankara late Friday. "The bandits came on motorcycles firing sporadically and tried to enter the school," said state police spokesman Isa Gambo. "Our men with the assistance of the army engaged them in a shootout lasting one and a half hours."