Recall that the bandits on Monday morning invaded the secondary School in Maramara Chikun LGA of Kaduna State and abducted scores of students.
This news platform reports that two soldiers were also said to have been killed as they engaged the bandits in a shootout.
In an interview with The PUNCH on Monday, a member of the school management said the bandits reached out to the school management to ask for food items such as rice, beans, seasoning, and oil to feed the students.
He stated that the bandits had called on Monday and allowed one of the students to speak to a top member of the school management.
The source added that they called again on Tuesday and allowed two senior students to speak to a top official of the school.
He said, “When the phone rang, the bandits first spoke to the member of the management. They said a senior student was directed to count the students in their custody and the boy confirmed that 121 students were being held. They also asked for food such as rice and beans as well oil to feed the students.
“Later, the senior student, who counted the abductees, said there were 121 of them with the bandits.”
