Katsina Abduction: Parents Lament Over Govt's 'Inactiveness'

The parents of the abducted schoolboys in Kastina State on Wednesday said they are disappointed in President Muhammadu Buhari's administration and Governor Aminu Masari, who failed to ensure maximum security in the state.  

AllNews had reported that unidentified gunmen attacked a public school in Kankara, Kastina state and abducted about 333 students on Friday night. 

Residents said the militants came in large numbers on motorbikes and invaded the school’s premises around 11 p.m. on Friday night while shooting sporadically. They, thereafter, abducted over 300 students from the school.

The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, while leading a federal government delegation on a sympathy visit, assured parents of the missing children that the students will be rescued soon.

However, many apprehensive parents who trooped to the school premise anticipating the release of their wards as promised by the government are lamenting that the government has failed in its mandate to protect the lives of its citizens.

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A mother, Murjanatu Goma, from Danja local government, told newsmen that they are holding the government to their word that they would rescue the children soon, even though, days after, they are still waiting at the school premises.

Goma, said her son, Muhammad Ibrahim, was among those abducted. “We have paid our dues to this administration because we are at the forefront during elections supporting them, I spent over N1,000 making phone calls to my Yoruba friends in Lagos, happily informing them about Buhari’s victory in the election,” she said