Yahaya Salauwa, vice-principal of Government Science
Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state, says all the missing pupils have been
accounted for.
Some gunmen attacked the school on December 11, kidnapping
hundreds of schoolboys.
Boko Haram had claimed responsibility for the attack but
Aminu Masari, Katsina state governor, said bandits were behind it.
On Thursday, 340 of the boys regained their freedom and will
be reunited with their families later in the day.
One of the pupils who escaped captivity earlier claimed that
520 of them were led to the bush by the gunmen.
But speaking on Friday at the Katsina state government house
where the freed schoolboys were hosted, Salauwa said he recognises the pupils
and that their number is complete.
“I can confirm to you that the student I saw were all our
students and we’re extremely excited to see them alive,” Salauwa said.
“We can’t forget the day they were abducted, we were all
traumatised and became sleepless praying for their safe return. I can tell you
that all the students are complete and none is missing.”
President Muhammadu Buhari, who was in the state when the
abduction took place, is scheduled to meet with the schoolboys by 3pm today.
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