The Presidency has disagreed with Katsina State Governor , Bello Masari , over the number of boys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State .
Masari had said on Sunday that 333 boys were still missing .
However, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity , Garba Shehu, told the BBC Hausa Service that only 10 boys are with the bandits.
The BBC Hausa bulletin read , “ The Government of Nigeria has said its security forces have surrounded the location where gunmen have kept schoolchildren abducted from a secondary school in Katsina State .
“ Spokesman for the President , Mallam Garba Shehu , told the
BBC only 10 children were remaining in the hands of the gunmen according to their colleagues who escaped from the gunmen . The number is below figures released by school authorities at the beginning. Garba Shehu said the school children who escaped said 10 of their friends were still with their abductors. ”
