At least seven students and a teacher were abducted from an Islamic school in Sakkai hamlet in Faskari Local Government Area by armed men suspected of being bandits ravaging portions of Katsina State.
The armed men invaded the neighborhood on Tuesday, shooting intermittently to scare locals away before hauling the victims away to a deep jungle, according to the reports obtained by FOLIO POST.
As of press time, the assailants who allegedly attacked the school during an evening lesson had failed to contact the victims’ families.
SP Gambo Isa, the State Police Public Relations Officer, verified the event to FOLIO POST when contacted.
He said that the students were already out of class when they were ambushed and taken.
“The bandits were attacking the community before they saw those students and used the opportunity to kidnap them.
“Nine of the students were kidnapped but two of them were able to escape”, he added.
Like other states in the Northern part of the country, Katsina has witnessed several security issues recently. Despite efforts by the Federal Government to curtail the trend, the bandits have continued to wreak havoc in many parts of the state.
