One of the hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped from the
Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State has said that their
abductors were not members of Boko Haram.
The schoolboy disclosed this in a viral video, adding that
they were told to say that the kidnappers were Boko Haram insurgents.
Asked if their abductors were bandits or Boko Haram, the
students said, “I do not know who they are but I was told to say they’re Boko
Haram from the gang of Abu Shekau.”
Asked about his experience, he added, “From what I
experienced sincerely they are not Boko Haram.”
Over 600 students were abducted from the school by suspected
bandits over a week ago. While many of them escaped from their captors, 344
were ferried into the forest by the kidnappers.
However, the 344 students were released to the government of
Katsina State on Friday after spending exactly a week in captivity.
Recall that immediately after the release of the students,
Bello Matawalle, the Governor of Zamfara, revealed that Fulani apex
socio-cultural organisation, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of
Nigeria, MACBAN, negotiated the release of their release.
Matawalle said the state was able to secure their release
through the help of MACBAN and repentant bandits.
This was despite claims by the Boko Haram insurgents that
they kidnapped the boys.
Matawalle had insisted that there was “nothing like Boko
Haram in the abduction, claiming the bandits did it.”
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