Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu.
By Press Release
The Nigeria Police Force have deployed personnel from Tactical Police Squad and Force Intelligence Bureau to join the search for students kidnapped in Kankara, Katsina State.
A yet-to-be known number of students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State were kidnapped on Friday 11th December by heavily -armed men.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said in a statement on Saturday that the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has approved the deployment of additional investigative and operational assets to support the Katsina Police command in search of the kidnapped students.
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“The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has ordered the deployment of additional operational and investigative assets to support the ongoing search and rescue operations in Kankara and its environs in Katsina State.”
“The deployment, which includes personnel from the Police Tactical Squads and crack detectives from the Force Intelligence Bureau, will provide investigative support to the Katsina State Police Command. They are also to work in sync with the military and other law enforcement agents in coordinated efforts aimed at rescuing the students, hunting down the perpetrators and bringing them to book.”
“Investigations so far reveal that one of the attackers was killed and a policeman injured during the attack. The exact number of students missing cannot be ascertained at the moment as massive operations including investigations, search and rescue exercise are still ongoing.”
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Mba said that the IGP has ordered the immediate review and strengthening of security arrangements around educational institutions in the country.
Hundredss of school children have been kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State in 2014 , Dapchi, Yobe State in 2018 and other towns in Northern Nigeria which has been a hotbed of terrorism since 2011.
The Nigerian security forces and government have been unable to secure the release of most of the kidnapped school children, especially the females among them.
