Two days after rescuing the 344 students of Government Secondary School in Kankara LGA – Katsina State, 84 students of Islamiyya schools in Mahuta town, Dandume LGA, Katsina state, were abducted by bandits on their way back home after attending maulid procession at Unguwar Al-Kasim in the state.
Spokesman for Katsina state police command, Gambo Isah, while confirming the incident, said the students have been rescued by a combined team of policemen and local vigilante group in the area.
It was reliably gathered that the rescue team engaged the bandits around 3:00am on Sunday.
