Just in, A student (name withheld) of the recently attacked Government Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State who escaped from the bandits’ hideouts said two of the students have been killed.
Some parents were present in the principal’s office while the child who escaped shared his ordeal with them.
The grieving parent said the student told them that the bandits fed them with leaves and beat them like cattle. And killed two students before he managed to escape.
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. According to her, “my son, Usman Lawal Tahir is in SS2 class.
He is still missing. “One of the students who returned yesterday said they were 520.
Although, when he returned, one of the security personnel who brought him back said 15 more are on their way before the dusk.
“The boy said they were fed with leaves and beaten like cattles.
“We appeal to President Buhari and Governor Masari to come to our aid and rescue our wards. We cannot sleep and cannot eat,” the grieving parent said.
However, the grieving parents of the students have remained in the school premises awaiting the return of their missing children.
Meanwhile, the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG gave President Muhammadu Buhari an ultimatum after which it will stage a walk to Daura should the President fail to rescue the students. The Coalition had launched a hashtag #BringBackOurBoys# aka #BBOB#.
According to the coalition, they threatened to mobilize youths from Jigawa, Kano and Katsina in buses to Daura, the hometown of the President if the remaining children were not safely returned to their parents.
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