520 Of Us Were Taken – Kankara Student Survivor

By Chuks Ekpeneru

Osama Aminu Maale, a student of Government Science School in Dankara, Katsina State, who escaped from the hands of the abductors has confirmed that 520 of them were taken from the school.

He told AFP that when the gunmen on motorcycles stormed the Government Science School in Kankara and engaged security forces in a gun battle, hundreds of students ran and hid in surrounding bushes and forest.

“There were a total of 520 of us that were taken by the gunmen from the school,” Osama Aminu Maale told AFP.

“After they took us away we stopped inside the bus where they made the older students take a headcount. We counted 520,” he said, adding that the hostages were split into groups before Maale and four others escaped.

“One of the gunmen hit me repeatedly when I failed to keep up with the rest of the group due to my failing health before he let me trail behind, giving me the chance to escape,” he said.

Another student who escaped told BBC Hausa that they were 520 when they were ordered to count themselves by the gunmen.

“We kept walking in the bush, we were being pushed and beaten, we spent the night walking, 30 minutes before dawn we were told to go to bed and rest,” he told BBC Hausa.

The student said he managed to escape “after they sat us down I leaned back a little. I found the side of a tree and I turned my back on them. I lay down and straightened my legs.”

“After everyone left, I came crawling and looking until I entered the city,” he said.

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