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After Kankara incident, Masari orders closure of Katsina boarding schools

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Banditry: Katsina Governor, Masari Urges Synergy among Security agencies

The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has ordered the closure of boarding schools in the state till further notice.

The governor gave the order on Saturday morning in an interaction with journalists after Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) Kankara, which armed bandits attacked on Friday night.

He said that the order was with immediate effect.

Masari said that all the students should be returned to their various homes.

Meanwhile, the state’s Commissioner of Education, Associate Professor Badamasi Charanchi said a total of 406 students were found after the gunmen attack on the school.

“The children have continued to return and according to report available, the number of the missing children who have returned are now 406 including the earlier ones found.

“We have interacted with many of the children who said some passed the night in the bush walking all through.
“Parents who come and upon identification of their children, we will hand over their children to them to return back home,” the commissioner said.
The Katsina State Police Command also confirmed the incident, saying that security agents engaged the assailants in a gun duel, forcing them to retreat.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),  SP Gambo Isah, said, “Yesterday, at about 9:40 p.m., bandits in their numbers, shooting sporadically with AK 47 rifles, attacked GSSS Kankara, Kankara Local Government Area.
“The policemen on duty also responded to the attack and engaged them in a gun duel which gave the students the opportunity to scale the fence of the school and ran for safety.

 

“The DPO Kankara reinforced the policemen on duty with Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) which forced the hoodlums to retreat into the forest.”

The PPRO said that the police command was working with other security agencies and the school authorities to ascertain if students were missing following the attack.

Isah said that more 200 students who ran into the town for their safety during the attack had returned to the school, Saturday morning.

He revealed that a police Inspector sustained a gunshot wound during the incident, and was taken to the hospital where he is responding to treatment.

Read Also: Police Confirm Attack by Gunmen on School in Katsina

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