Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu has visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja to brief him on the security situation in his state.
The Kebbi Governor visited Aso Rock on Tuesday and was received by the president as confirmed in a Facebook statement from the Presidency on Wednesday.
Governor Atiku Bagudu and President Muhammadu Buhari
It will be recalled that apart from the general insecurity in the northern region of the country, gunmen had invaded the Federal Government College, Yauri, Kebbi State last Thursday and abducted an unconfirmed number of students and teachers.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army has confirmed the rescue of more students of the Federal Government College, Yauri, Kebbi State who were kidnapped by bandits on Thursday.
Naija News reports one teacher and three students have been freshly rescued by the military from the custody of the bandits.
This development was confirmed to Naija News in a statement on Sunday by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu.
The statement noted that one teacher and three students were rescued by the military on Saturday while one of the bandits was killed and some items including motorcycles and handsets were recovered.
However, the former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani, on Monday, insisted that most of the abducted students from the Federal Government College in Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State are still in captivity.
The former lawmaker, however, called on Nigerians to ignore propaganda regarding the release of the abducted students.
Sani in a post on his Twitter account wrote, “Most of the abducted Kebbi students are still in the hands of bandits; propaganda should be ignored. The children of the poor can’t go to private schools because it’s expensive and they can’t go to public schools because it’s not safe.”
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