Nigerians March Against Government Over Kidnapping of Schoolboys – By Timothy Obiezu (VOA News) / Dec 14 2020
ABUJA – Hundreds of Nigerians in northwestern Katsina state held street protests Sunday calling for answers from authorities after gunmen on motorcycles abducted more than 300 schoolboys.
Nigerian security forces say they engaged in gun battles Friday with the kidnappers at Kankara’s Government Science School for boys, but are still searching for the 333 missing students.
Kankara resident Salihu Bamle says the town is in shock.
“On Friday night, the people of Kankara town witnessed a very, very sad thing,” Bamle said. “Around 10 p.m. at night, the bandits were here shooting sporadically in the entire town before they moved on straight to the school.”
A classroom sits empty at the Government Science School, where gunmen abducted students, in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina state, Nigeria, Dec. 14, 2020.
The kidnappings occurred hours after President Muhammadu Buhari landed in Katsina, his home state, for a weeklong visit.
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