Confusion, as over 200 students missing after gunmen attacked school

 

There was confusion, yesterday, over the actual number of students kidnapped  at  Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State  after gunmen attacked the school on  Friday night.

The gunmen were said to have stormed the school at 11:30 pm, shooting sporadically after which about 884  students were thrown into disarray.

Katsina State Police Command  acknowledged the incident, saying it had  rescued over 200 of the victims.

Sunday Vanguard reliably learned that the gunmen had earlier invaded Kankara main town, shooting sporadically but were repelled by security operatives of Operation Sahel Sanity and Operation Sharan Daji.

Subsequently the attackers stormed the all-boys school located on the outskirts of the town while leaving.

In a statement confirming the attack, Public Relations Officer, PRO, of the state Police Command, Gamboh Isah, said the police, Nigerian Army, and Nigerian Air Force were working closely with the school authorities to ascertain the actual number of those missing.