Several students from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State have been reportedly abducted by bandits during an attack on Friday night.
The principal of the school, Usman Abubakar who confirmed the development in a phone call said, the bandits arrived at the school at around 10.15 pm and operated for about one hour.
According to Abubakar, the bandits in their large numbers burgled the school gate and shot one of the policemen on duty on his leg who is presently receiving treatment in one of the hospitals.
He said the other policeman who was also on duty escaped before the bandits gained complete access to the school.
He further added that the bandits later proceeded to the staff quarters where they abducted the wife of one of the workers but later released her while they went away with her child.
According to him, the situation was however brought under control when soldiers of the Nigerian Army stationed in Kankara came and engaged the bandits in a gun duel, forcing them to abort their operations and flee to the nearby bush with the abducted victims due to the superior firepower of the military.
“The school management is presently conducting a headcount among the students to ascertain the exact number that was abducted during the attack,” Abubarka said.
When contacted, the spokesman of the Police, SP Gambo Isah said, he would reach out to the Divisional Police Officer of the area for information and revert as soon as possible.
Kankara is one of the eight frontline Local Government Areas affected by the activities of bandits.
The incident is however the first time bandits are abducting students from a school in Katsina State since banditry started sometime last year.
