By Williams Anuku, Abuja
Armed men on Friday night invaded Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, northwest Nigeria and kidnapped dozens of students.
The attack comes on a day President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in the state for a week-long visit.
The attack on the school and environs started at about 11 pm and lasted for over two hours. An undisclosed number of students and residents of the town were declared missing after the raid.
It was learnt that the terror gang invaded the school on foot, unlike previous attacks in which they carried out similar attacks using motorbikes.
A policeman who spoke on anonymity confirmed “the group walked confidently into the school premises and kidnapped an undisclosed number of students”.
“As I speak to you now, no one can tell you the exact number of the students that were abducted and in the custody of the armed men,” the policeman said.
“They (gunmen) shot our colleague and the gateman too but they are all alive receiving treatment now,” he added.
Eyewitnesses revealed that the terrorists stormed the school numbering about a hundred around 10 – 11 pm, forcing many students to run into the bush seeking help.