GSSS kankara Students Recounts How they spent the night in the bush.
Gunmen stormed the State Security Secondary School (GSSS) in Kankara, Katsina State, on Friday night, some of the students who spent the night in the forest where they fled to seek refuge returned on Saturday morning.
Hundreds of students presumed to be kidnapped by bandits in a daring attack in the school premises in Kankara Local Government, Katsina have started to return after spending the night in the bush.
Gambo Isah, Katsina State Police Command Spokesperson, and the school principal, Usman Abubakar confirmed to Channels TV that about 200 students have returned.
The school management and Police are yet to ascertain the number of students kidnapped.
An SS1 student, Kabir Isah, one of those who spent the night in the bush, recounted to our correspondent how much he suffered and how he felt for his fellow students.
“We left the classroom after leaving school at 9.00 pm and returned to our dormitories.”
“At about 10.30 am when some of us were already in bed, we just heard gunshots and the senior students rushed to the scene.”
“While some of them advised us to run for safety, others asked us to gather in dormitories and begin to understand the situation before taking the next step.”
“As we heard gunshots getting closer, we approached the school fence and scaled into the bush.”
“It was then that the gunmen started calling us saying nothing would happen to us, but eventually they took money and phones from those who were stuck at the school.”
“Most of us were injured while scaling the fence and while running in the bush, but thank God we returned home only to find out that some of the students had been abducted by the attackers,” he said.
Isa said his younger brother, a student in the school was still missing when he spoke to Newsonspot.com.ng.
He prayed for God’s intervention in restoring peace in the state and the country as a whole and called on governments at all levels to redouble their efforts to address security challenges in the country.
Usman Abubakar, school principal, told Channels TV that, “Precisely we cannot ascertain the number of students kidnapped until later in the day as some of the students are now resurfacing from the nearby bush. We are currently taking the attendance. Some of them went straight to their various houses with their parents calling us that their children are at home.”
