There was a protest in Katsina State on Sunday over the abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara Local Government Area of the state.
According to The Punch, the protesters demanded the prompt rescue of the students abducted by bandits on Friday night.
The protest was led by a woman who was identified as one of the mothers of the abducted students.
The protesters went round the school premises and some parts of the town, carrying placards with various messages, some of which are ‘Government must speak out’, ‘We want our children back’ and ‘we want security in Kankara’.
The protesters also sang songs demanding the rescue of the abducted students.
Earlier, the Coalition of Northern Groups has threatened to mobilize students and youths to go and protest in Katsina state if the abducted students were not rescued on time.
The chairman of the North-West zone of the group, Jamiu Aliyu, during a press conference in Katsina said, “We condemn in totality this barbaric act and call for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the culprits, we equally stress the inability of the government to protect those young, innocent, vibrant students from this horrible attack as uncalled for.
“Failure of the government to rescue the missing students within the shortest period of time, CNG will not hesitate to mobilize hundreds of thousands on the streets of Katsina state for a continuous protest, until the students are fully rescued, even if it’s going to cost our lives.”
