Six days after 333 schoolboys of the Government Science Secondary School Kankara, in Katsina state where abducted, President Muhammadu Buhari has not visited the scene of the abduction.
Kankara is a remote community in Katsina, an hour drive from Daura where the president is currently holidaying.
Parents of the abducted schoolboys have been keeping vigil in the school in the hope that their children would be returned to them.
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Nigerians have been demanding that the president visit the school to show that he understood what the parents were going through. He has, instead, visited his ranch to inspect his cattle without passing by the school.
During a Channels television interview with the governor of Katsina state, Aminu Bello Masari, the following mild drama took place.
Journalist: I’m’ sure you’ve seen a lot of questions and comments from Nigerians asking just why the president has not visited the school. Did you get any response regarding that?
Masari: You go and ask the president. I didn’t ask him that. You go and ask him.
Journalist: It was you that met with the president Governor Masari. A lot of Nigerians will like to know if that came up.
Masari: Your correspondent is in the entourage of the president. Ask him to ask him.
Journalist: Why ask him when we can ask you