Bandit helped me escape after Katsina abduction – JSS student

Katsina student Tsanni Mani

Tsanni Mani a student of Government Science Secondary School Kankara, Katsina State has narrated how he escaped from bandits on December 12.

Mani’s school was attacked by gunmen in the late hours of December 11.

The Junior Secondary School 2 student told journalists in Kankara on Tuesday that the bandits divided the abducted boys into batches.

“My escape is a miracle. But all I know was that all along when we were abducted, I kept on saying Allahu Akbar (God is great). The bandits divided us into batches so I cannot give exact figures of all of us. It was one of the bandits whom God used to ensure my escape early Saturday morning,” he said.

“The bandit showed me an escape route very early Saturday morning which made me to escape and return home.”

A parent Faiza Kankara had on Monday said that her son was among the abducted students.

She said the boy who escaped told her that the bandits killed two of the students.

Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the abduction of the students.