Katsina Students Abduction: Two Students Have Been Killed

Two of the abducted Katsina students have reportedly been killed.

This is according to the escaped student who narrated how he escaped from his abductors.

Speaking with Vanguard, a parent of a missing student, Hajia Faiza Hamza Kankara, said the survivor student stated that two out of the kidnapped school boys have been killed.

OnyxNews Nigeria understands that the student who prefers to be anonymous said this while giving an account of his ordeal in the hands of the kidnappers.

The grieving parent said the student told them that the bandits feed them with leaves and beat them like cattle.

She also said the student told them that students still missing stands at over 500 saying whoever said the number of missing children is 10, “is a liar.”

Recall that the Presidency has previously countered Governor Bello Masari on the number of boys abducted from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara community of Katsina State.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu however told BBC Hausa Service that only 10 boys were abducted by the bandits.

On the update about the kidnapped students, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, received more briefing on the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara student, with Governor Bello Aminu Masari assuring them of steady progress to bring them out without any harm.

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“We are making progress and the outlook is positive,’’ the governor told newsmen earlier after an hour meeting with the president.

According to a statement by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity. Governor Masari also noted that security agencies had located the children’s location.