Kankara Abduction: Women protest, demand immediate rescue of schoolboys

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While the Federal Government led high-powered delegation to Katsina State over the Kankara Government Science Secondary School abduction were at the Government House assuring the return of the students, women in the area staged a protest demanding for same.

The women were seen carrying placards with different inscriptions such as, ‘ we want our children back’, ‘ lack of security in Katsina’, ‘ Governor must talk’, ‘Kankara is bleeding’, ‘ parents are crying’ among others.

This is as the Coalition of Northern Groups led by its Northwest Coordinator, Jamilu Aliyu, earlier in a press conference, threatened that if the boys are not rescued on time, they will mobilize and occupy the streets of Katsina even with the last drop of their blood.

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Meanwhile, the state Governor, Aminu Masari, while receiving the delegation, confirmed that so far, the government is yet to account for a total of 333 students out of a population of 839 students.

Leader of the delegation and Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, assured the people of the state that, all the students will be rescued within the shortest possible time due to the high intelligence gathered.