Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari on Monday evening said 17 students of Government Secondary School, Kankara, have been found and reunited with their parents.
The school was invaded by gunmen on December 11. Several students have been missing since the attack.
In an interview in Hausa with a German radio Deutsche Welle (DW), the governor said: “As of today (Monday), information available to me shows that 17 of the missing children have been found. 15 of them were found around Dinya in Danmusa (LGA). I was informed by the DPO. One other was found through them and the last, the father called that his son has returned home.
“All these missing children found have been reunited with their families since we have shut down schools.
“Majority of the students were in the forest in Zamfara. Efforts are on for their rescue.”
Masari’s disclosure came after he had briefed President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura on the progress made so far in the efforts to rescue the abducted students.
