The gunmen who attacked Government Science Secondary School,
Kankara, Katsina state, have reportedly contacted one of the parents of the
abducted students.
According to Kadaria Ahmed, media personality, Abdul
Labaran, spokesman of the Katsina government, disclosed this in a chat with
RadioNow FM.
She quoted Labaran as saying the gunmen have asked the
parents to start making preparations for ransom to facilitate the release of
the students.
Labaran also reportedly said the gunmen also asked the
parent to warn security operatives to stop the surveillance of their hideouts
to guarantee the safety of the students.
“Abdul Labaran DG Media for the Katsina govt just told
@RadioNow953FM gunmen who abducted Kankara Students have phoned a parent and
told him to begin gathering ransom money and asked him to tell the military to
desist from air surveillance of their hiding place or else,” Kadaria tweeted.
#AbdulLabaran DG Media for the #Katsina govt just told @RadioNow953FM gunmen who abducted #KankaraStudents have phoned a parent &told him to begin gathering ransom money + asked him to tell the military to desist from air surveillance of their hiding place or else
— Kadaria Ahmed (@KadariaAhmed) December 14, 2020
But the defence headquarters has said the military action will continue despite talks with the suspected bandits by the state government.
When he featured on a
Channels Television programme on Monday night, John Eneche, defence spokesman,
said the military operation to rescue the kidnapped students is ongoing.
,“You don’t stop whatever efforts you are putting up
militarily for what we call the non-kinetic (or) the other approach. No, you
don’t stop, all of them go concurrently,” he said.
“For instance, if they (the students) are kept in a place
that is known, if you relax, they will slip out. So, all actions are on the
table to ensure that we come to a meeting point and the meeting point is to
ensure that we don’t get collateral damage in our efforts to get them (the
students) out.”
“The troops and other security agencies have been adequately
deployed to ensure that they (the students) are rescued alive, that is the most
important thing for us. And that is what we have for the general public that
there is hope, we need them out alive.”
Gunmen had stormed the school on Friday night and abducted
the students.
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