All the 154 students affected by the recent adverse drug reaction at Government Science Secondary School (Boarding), Batagarawa in Katsina state have fully recovered and been discharged from hospital, with no loss of life recorded.
In a statement signed by the Katsina State Police Command , Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, said the students developed symptoms after receiving Praziquantel tablets during a Bilharzia treatment and prevention exercise on October 26, 2026, prompting their evacuation to designated health facilities for urgent medical attention.
According to the Police, the remaining 25 students who had been receiving treatment as in-patients have now been successfully treated, discharged, and reunited with their families and schoolmates.
The Command added that all the affected students are in good health and high spirits.
Commissioner of Police, CP Ali Umar Fage, expressed appreciation to residents for their cooperation, patience, and calm throughout the incident, describing the public response as commendable.
The Command urged members of the public to continue disregarding unverified rumours and fake news, particularly false reports alleging deaths at the school.
DSP Sadiq reaffirmed the commitment of the command to safeguarding lives and property across Katsina State while calling on citizens to rely only on credible and official sources of information.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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