Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello, has described as
‘rumour’, the purported release of abducted students and members of staff of
Government Science College, Kagara.
Bello spoke on Friday at the Government House in Minna, the
state capital, shortly after meeting renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Abubakar
Gumi.
Addressing journalists, he said, “Regarding the event of the
past few days where we have two serious cases of kidnappings –the NTSA (Niger
State Transport Authority) bus that was kidnapped (with passengers). And the
second event took place at the Secondary School in Kagara.
“As at this moment, we do not have any additional
information to give apart from the one given earlier on, yesterday. But I want
to assure you that we are doing everything we can, we are interfacing with the
local communities, with federal authorities and our own state authorities to
ensure that we recover the victims safely.
“Our utmost priority right now is to make sure we bring them
back home safe and that is exactly what we are going to do. So, there hasn’t
been any information I can give you at this moment but once we have anything
for you, we will let you know.”
Responding to a question on the purported release of the
abductees, the governor said, “Everything that is being said out there is
rumour and in situations like this, we cannot work with rumour, it has to be
confirmed. Yes, we’ve been receiving different rumours from different people
within villages but we are still treating those as rumour until processed and
confirmed.”
Bello ordered the
immediate closure of all boarding schools in the bandit-ravaged areas on
Wednesday after the attack in Kagara.
The Senate had also asked the President, Major General
Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to declare a state of emergency on security without
further delay.
Wednesday’s attack happened a few months after bandits
kidnapped over 300 schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School in
Kankara, Katsina State.
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