Makarantan Islamiyya: It would seem bandits have refocused their attention to schools as another set of students were abducted last night in Katsina.

This may be the new agenda to enforece the Boko Haram command which was recently buttressed in the recent Kankara boys abduction video; though this an Islamic school.

Scores of Islamic school students are feared to have have been abducted by gunmen Saturday night at Mahuta community, in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State.

The 19th of December abduction comes only few hours after the ‘unconfirmed total return’ of the Government Science Secondary School boys, Kankara.

The school, also referred to as Makarantan Islamiyya in local parlance, had held a maulud procession at Unguwar Al-Kasim, a neighbouring village, and the students were on their way home when they were kidnapped.

A local online newspaper, Katsina Post as well as sources familiar with the incident, confirmed the development early Sunday morning.

It was learnt that vigilante groups and other sympathisers in the area, have since commenced rescue operations, even as the number of abducted students is said to be on the high side.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Aminu Masari had condemned the abduction, even as they called for more effort by security operatives to fish out the perpetrators.

Spokesperson for the police command in the state, SP Gambo Isah said he was not in the state and was therefore unable to confirm the incident.

For two days now the APC and Northern leaders have been pointing fingers.

Commenting to the issue, Political commentator, Obinna Nwosu tweeted –

This is becoming a norm. Soon these bandits, terrorists and extremists will be called rebel groups and they will start challenging government like in countries like Syria, Somalia, yamen, Sudan etc. Time is ticking #SecureNorth now before it becomes too late. Tic toc tic toc

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