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Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The abduction of 344 Katsina schoolboys was triggered by feud between Hausa farmers and Fulani herdsmen and not extremism, four Katsina and Zamfara government officials have said. The pupils, who were kidnapped from Government Science School, Kankara, Katsina State, were rescued after one week in captivity by a combined team of personnel from the police, military and intelligence agencies. This is coming as the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said yesterday that the rescue of the Katsina pupils was enhanced by the “fussion of intelligence”, technology and professionali...

12/23/2020 * Security experts sceptical Islamist militants directly involved * Northwest Nigeria riven by banditry and cattle rustling By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS, Dec 24 (Reuters) - The kidnap of 344 schoolboys in northwest Nigeria had the appearance of an Islamist militant attack. There was even a video purporting to show some of the boys with members of Boko Haram, the extremists behind the 2014 kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the northeast. But four government and security officials familiar with negotiations that secured the boys’ release told Reuters the attack was a result ...

(Refiles to fix reporting credits, no change to text)* Nigerian authorities say 344 boys freed after six days* Security experts sceptical Islamist militants directly involved* Northwest Nigeria riven by banditry and cattle rustlingBy Alexis AkwagyiramLAGOS, Dec 24 (Reuters) - The kidnap of 344 schoolboys in northwest Nigeria had the appearance of an Islamist militant attack. There was even a video purporting to show some of the boys with members of Boko Haram, the extremists behind the 2014 kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the northeast.

TODAY December 24, 2020 The kidnap of 344 schoolboys in northwest Nigeria had the appearance of an Islamist militant attack. There was even a video purporting to show some of the boys with members of Boko Haram, the extremists behind the 2014 kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the northeast. But four government and security officials familiar with negotiations that secured the boys’ release told Reuters the attack was a result of inter-communal feuding over cattle theft, grazing rights and water access – not spreading extremism. The mass abduction of children in Katsina state wo...