…10 missing – Shehu Garba
Controversy has arisen on the number of students missing after Saturday’s bandits raid on The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has revealed that 333 students are missing following the bandits’ attack at the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, in the early hours of Saturday; while presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu insisted that ten students are missing. Other news media put the figure between three hundred and four hundred students.
Masari disclosed the number of the missing students on Sunday when he received a Federal Government delegation led by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno in Katsina.
According to him, the government is yet to be contacted by any group or person responsible for the kidnap of the students.
“Based on the available record we have, we are still searching for 333 students through either the forest or their parents to ascertain the actual number that has been kidnapped,” Masari said.
“We are still counting because more are coming out from the forest and we are calling through the numbers of those parents that have phone numbers to find out whether or not their children have gone back home.
“We as a government, we are yet to be contacted by any group or person responsible for the kidnap of the students.”