About 600 students of the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, have been abducted after armed bandits stormed their school on Friday.
About 200 other students who fled the school into surrounding bushes, have since returned and confirmed the abduction.
A security guard was said to have also been killed by the bandits.
Kankara is about 150km from the state capital, Katsina.
According to a resident of the state, the bandits stormed the school at 10:45 pm on Friday, shooting sporadically for over an hour.
Malam Umaru Kabiru, a resident of the area who also went to the school to search for his two brothers, said those missing “could be more than 100.”
“Parents and caregivers and many people in Katsina lamented that they can’t find their children,” the source confirmed.
“They killed a policeman; they killed a security guard and two students. About 200 students were also taken away,” he claimed.
Parents and caregivers were said to have besieged the school in search of their wards.
The police and military have since been ordered to go after the bandits by President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently visiting his hometown in Daura, Katsina, for a week long break.
