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#BringBackOurBoys Trends as Gunmen Abducts Scores of Students in Kastina

– Nigerians on Twitter are trending #BringBackOurBoys as gunmen abducts scores of students in Kastina

– According to locals, the gunmen stormed Government Science secondary school in Kankara on Friday night.

– In a statement yesterday, President Buhari claimed the military had located the kidnappers in a forest

According to a statement released by the presidency, the Nigerian military had located gunmen who abducted secondary school students in Katsina state.

The gang, armed with assault rifles stormed the Government Science secondary school in Kankara district , northwest of Kastina state on Friday night.

President Muhammadu Buhari while condemning the attack said in a statement that the military had spotted the location of the kidnappers in a forest and that they were engaged in an exchange of gunfire while the Air Force provided air support.

Buhari, who had on Friday arrived his hometown, Daura cancelled his scheduled appearance before the national assembly where he was supposed to brief the legislators about the current security situation in the country.

GSS Kastina where gunmen adopted students #BringBackOurBoys

Meanwhile, we earlier reported that In a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Buhari expressed sadness over the killing and terned it as insane.

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