One of the rescued schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, who featured in the video released by alleged Boko Haram terrorists, has said their abductors told him to say they are members of the sect.
“I don’t know who they are but they said I should say they are Boko Haram —gang of Abu Shekau,” the student said at the Katsina State Government House on Friday shortly after Governor Aminu Masari received the 344 abducted schoolboys.
The student told The Punch that he doubts they are Boko Haram terrorists. He added that they were afraid of bombardments by military jets which made them tell him to warn the government against sending the military to attack them in the video released on Thursday.
“Sincerely speaking, the gang of armed robbers was very scared of what was happening from the jets. They assigned me to speak directly from the video to tell the government to stop sending the army and jets, if not they were going to kill us.
“We suffered a lot physically, they beat us morning and night. They only gave us food once in a day and water twice in a day.
“Some of those who beat us are just tiny boys with big guns.”
Gunmen had invaded the school premises last Friday and abducted over 300 students after a gun duel with the police.
The abduction took place some hours after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), arrived in Daura, Katsina for a week-long private visit.
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