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KATSINA: Repentant bandits played major role in Kankara boys’ rescue, no shot was fired – Garba Shehu

NO single shot was fired by the troops deployed by the Nigerian Army to rescue the over 300 schoolboys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina, according to Garba Shehu.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this morning while featuring on Channels Television’s programme, “Sunrise Daily”.

Shehu, who corroborated the claim made by Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State, stated that no ransom was paid to secure the release of the  schoolboys

Explaining how the feat of rescuing the students was pulled off without firing a shot, the presidential adviser said while talks were going on between major actors, the troops of the Nigerian Army encircled the Zamfara forest where the hostages were held.

He stressed that it was these collaborative efforts that led to the rescue of the schoolboys

He said, “In all of the things that played out, we must thank God for bringing these children out. The glory also belongs to the nation. I don’t see much conflict in all of these things.

“The security services – army, police, intelligence agencies – showed good judgement and capacity by promptly responding to the kidnap of those students and then locating exactly where they were being held.

“Having done that, they quickly mobilised and surrounded the entire place to ensure that they do not go out and they do not come in. So, whatever followed after that is to reap from the gains of what has been done.”

Shehu, however, disclosed that repentant bandits were some of the people who played major roles to secure release of the Kankara boys.

“So, the military having identified where they were, in less than 24 hours after the kidnap, they patiently waited for the process of the negotiations to be concluded. And at the end of it, everyone is happy that it ended the way it did,” Shehu stated.

He added, “All of the leading actors said no ransom was paid. The governor of Zamfara State, who had a policy of engagement with the bandits leading to the surrender and renouncement of bandits, used reformed bandits – repentant bandits – to gain access to those that were in the forest and they had them (schoolboys) released.”

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