Katsina Schoolboys Abduction: Close Non-Islamic Schools, Dissolve Vigilantes, Withdraw Troops — B’Haram Tells FG

Contrary to government and military claims that ‘bandits’ had kidnapped the Kankara, Katsina schoolboys while trying to downplay the number of those abducted, Boko Haram has released a new video showing the children in their custody and numbering over 520.

In the six minutes and 30 seconds video, sighted by Igbere TV, Thursday afternoon, hundreds of distraught schoolboys are seen begging the government not to use force, but negotiate.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=958GcQyZ9Lc

One of the boys in the video said at least 520 students were abducted by the Abubakar Shekau-led faction of Boko Haram, but some have died contrary to claims by government that nobody died.

The relatively older student who spoke in both English and Hausa, urged the Federal Government to settle amicably with their abductors and advised against the use of military force in rescuing them.

He called on government to close all non-Islamic schools in Katsina, dissolve local vigilante groups and pay a ransom to secure their release.

“Please, you have to dissolve any gang of vigilantes, close any kind of schools, excluding Islamiyyah [Qur'anic schools]. All the troops who have come here to help us, please send them back,” he said.

Tens of other young boys could be seen behind the schoolboys’ spokesman, all covered in dust and appearing to be within a forest area.

In the video, the boys looked extremely worried, bloodied, exhausted and hungry. At a point, many started wailing “Help us. Help us.”

In the last part, Shekau spoke in an audio saying they released the video for the purpose of those who denied his claim that the boys were in his custody.

He claimed yet again that they are only doing Allah’s work.

Reacting to the clip in circulation, a journalist, Bulama Bukarti, said “Shekau is clearly replaying the Chibok propaganda model. He’s doing this to get a ransom and free his detained members.”

Igbere TV recalls that the Shekau-led faction of Boko Haram had last Friday abducted the schoolboys from a government secondary school in Kankara, Katsina State.

The latest video confirms that the students are still very much alive and the terrorist group is prepared to negotiate their freedom.

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Mynd44:
https://www.nairaland.com/6319105/abducted-kankara-boys-speak-new

Chief, don't please. Both threads are not same or similar, even though on same issue.