Dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the kidnap of over 300 schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State on Friday night.
About 600 schoolboys were declared missing in the wake of the attack that sent shockwaves across the country.
Trending: Kidnappers of 333 Kankara School Children Contacts Governor Masari
While Governor Aminu Masari claimed only 333 were missing, a school register seen by a Daily Trust reporter revealed that a whooping 668 students were missing.
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The governor had confirmed that his government was negotiating with the abductors of the missing students.
However, Abubakar Shekau in a 4:30 audio message published by HumAngle, stated that his group abducted the schoolboys because Western education is against the tenets of Islam.
“What happened in Katsina was done to promote Islam and discourage un-Islamic practices as Western education is not the type of education permitted by Allah and his Holy Prophet.
“They are also not teaching what Allah and his Holy Prophet commanded. They are rather destructing the Islam. It may be subtly, but Allah the Lord of the Skies and Earths knows whatever is hidden. May Allah promote Islam, may we die as Muslims.”
“In a nutshell, we are behind what happened in Katsina,” he said.
Shekau ended the message by saying: “The speaker is Abubakar Shekau, leader of Jama’atu Ahlussunna Lid-Da’awati wal Jihad.”
He did not give detail of the attack nor number of schoolboys abducted. He also did not state any ongoing negotiation with the government as earlier claimed by Governor Masari.
