Protest finally hits Katsina over students’ abduction

The abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara Local Government Area of Kastina state, has finally resulted in a protest on Sunday.

The demanded the protesters include the quick rescue of the students abducted by bandits on Friday night.

 A woman who identified herself as one of the mothers of the abducted students led the protest movement.

The demonstration took them around the school’s premises and some parts of the town with placards conveying various messages, among which are ‘Government must speak out’, ‘We want our children back’ and ‘We want security in Kankara’.

During the protest, they also chanted songs seeking the rescue of the abducted students.

On the other hand, the Coalition of Northern Groups has threatened to mobilise students and youths to go on protest in Katsina state if the abducted students were not rescued on time.

Jamiu Aliyu, who is the chairman of the North-West zone of the group, while addressing a press conference in Katsina said, “We condemn in totality this barbaric act and call for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the culprits, we equally stress the inability of the government to protect those young, innocent, vibrant students from this horrible attack as uncalled for.

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“Failure of the government to rescue the missing students within the shortest period of time, CNG will not hesitate to mobilize hundreds of thousands on the streets of Katsina state for a continuous protest, until the students are fully rescued, even if it’s going to cost our lives.”