Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has disclosed that 17 students of Government Secondary School, Kankara, have been found and reunited with their parents.
He made the disclosure in an interview with a German radio,
Deutsche Welle(DW). The interview which was in Hausa was aired Monday evening.
The Governor said, “As at today (Monday), information
available to me shows that 17 of the missing children have been found. 15 of
them were found around Dinya in Danmusa (LGA). I was informed by the DPO. One
other was found through them and the last, the father called that his son has
returned home.
“All these missing children found have been reunited with
their families since we have shut down schools.
“Majority of the students were in the forest in Zamfara.
Efforts are on for their rescue.”
Governor Masari’s disclosure came after he had briefed the
President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) in Daura on the progress made
so far in the efforts to rescue the abducted students.
Recall that bandits on Friday night
stormed the school and abducted unspecified numbers of students.
Masari later put the number of students yet to be accounted
for at 333.
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