 Welcome back, it's still the breakfast on Tloss TV Africa and we'll be looking at security specifically at the kidnapping of students that happened just yesterday in Kebistate and we have the police public relations officer from the Kebistate command, Nafiu Nassarawa, joining us to look at them, all of the issues and bring us up to speed concerning what we need to know and how far they have gone. Good morning to you, Mr. Nafiu Mohammed. Nassia Boka. Sorry, thanks for joining us once again. All right, can you just bring us up to speed specifically as per what you do know concerning the incident of yesterday? Can you bring us up to speed as to what happened yesterday, exactly how it happened and what information you have on ground? Okay, so yesterday that was on June 20, 2021 at about 12, 20 hours, that is in the afternoon. They went into their large Nova and Vedic Ferro Gourmet College, Brunei, the best local government area of Kebistate. Already we deployed our personnel there, so they engaged them into going to work. As a result, one of our policemen lost his life. All right, you said you deployed your men there. Did you have a prior notice after that particular attack yesterday? Actually, you know, but due to the happenings in the country, considering the location of the school, so the command have to take a proactive measure by deploying men there to understand any eventuality. Okay, Mr. Bobacar, you're saying that, you know, this police had been deployed to that particular school, but is it just that school or are policemen also deployed to other schools across Kebistate? Please come again. I am asking if policemen are also deployed to other schools in Kebistate, not just this Federal College? Yes, ma'am. All the schools at the border area with the Zamfara and Niger state, we do deploy our men there to guard the school. For how long, please? How long now have policemen stationed in those schools? For how long now? How long ago were these policemen deployed to school? Best of all, you know, it has been happening nationwide in Nigeria, so in order to prevent it, it's happening here in Kebistate and have to take proactive measures. But may I ask how it was that, you know, you mentioned that police operatives were already stationed in the school. You know, if they were already there, then how were the kidnappers able to break in and, you know, make away with those students? You see, they came in large numbers. Oh, they came in large numbers. Okay, here, Mr. Bobacar, go ahead. If you know how many they are, please tell us. Do you know how many kidnappers invaded the school? Okay, when you said they came in large numbers, so specifically, are you saying that the officers are posted to those schools around them, the border access in your state and not sufficient enough in case things like this occur? Well, let me repeat the question again. You said the bandits came in numbers and they overpowered your men and those students were taken away. So, Inveb, are you saying that the number of police officers and men deployed to the schools around the border access in your state and not sufficient enough to forestall these attacks? Actually, you know, as the way you are planning, the bandits who they are planning and they get on informants. So, probably that's what they call the relationship. Okay, so, do you have a clue as to how many students were kidnapped from the school in Kepi state? This is the first time it is occurred in Kepi and we are accompanying the figures right now and we are here to attend the actual number kidnapped for now. Okay, and so, have you been able to establish any forms of communication with these bandits so far since yesterday? Sir? Have you been in communication with these bandits since yesterday? Any information as per what, any demands that they made any so far? You see, sir investigations are on. So, anything pertaining to about the investigation of the incident we are supposed not to take it on the media. So, I can't say anything about that. Okay, so far then what have you put in place? Students have been kidnapped yesterday and you say the men came in their numbers, they overpowered your men. What likelihood is there that it will not really occur again in some other schools? What have you put in place right now to, you know, to ensure that students and of course the residents of our Kepi state are secure? You see, sir, actually each and every school along the border town, the Ida's and Farahoke, the Niger T, we have deployed our men there. And with this incident, the Commissioner of Police, Caves of Police, Command, Kepi, Adelaide, Ademka, but even I, has already deployed additional men at a particular location so that if, if there's any incident, they can move and enforce those stations in the various schools in the border town. Okay, so, Mr. Abu Bakar, you are saying you don't know how many students were kidnapped, you don't know where they are and basically the only information we know is that these students were kidnapped and that the bandits or the kidnappers were able to overpower the policemen who were already stationed in the school. So, so basically it seems like, seems like a helpless situation. Come again, Ma. I'm saying that, you know, just what you've said, just to repeat what you've said, that you don't know the police in Kepi State does not know how many students were kidnapped. The police does not know where the students have been held and basically the police in Kepi State were overpowered by these bandits, even though the police were stationed there first. You see, about the location of the victims, Ma, we don't want to disclose that on for now. Investigations are up. Okay. Okay, but then you have information about the students, but you don't want to disclose yet. Ma. So what you're saying indeed is that you have the location of the student, but then you can't for security reasons, you cannot disclose it. That's what I think. Investigations are on. As the way the good citizens are listening to all the violence, the two are listening to us. All right. We understand. Anything with your product or investigation, Ma. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. We do hope the police does everything to get them back safely to their families. Mr. Nasir Abubakar, yes, please go ahead. Mr. Abubakar. I want to say a big thank you for your time. Thanks for joining us to look at all of the issues and we do hope that in time, not too long that the student can be reunited with your families yet again. Yes, yes. Well, thank you so much. Thank you okay. So that, that was the police public relations officer in Kaby state command talking about the kidnap of the, of the children. It seems, you know, we don't have much information. It seems we don't know more than we knew exactly. We personally in Nigerians do not know more than what we knew on Wednesday night on Thursday night that yes, children were kidnapped from Kaby state. The federal college is called Benin, Benin Yori. I hope I pronounced that right exactly. So now we're saying that the police PRO they're saying they do not know how many students were kidnapped. They can disclose where maybe they do not know where or he's saying that investigations are still ongoing. We have no idea if they were overpowered and they were stationed ahead of the incident. I think, I think that's what boggles me the most. The fact that, you know, I think it's great that he mentioned that, you know, since this whole insurgency kidnapping of school children, the police operatives or the police command was able to take the initiative to, you know, station their men in schools in the border town. I think that's a great one. But the fact that, you know, the, you know, that wasn't enough to stall the attack. I think, I think really that's, that's not commendable. Maybe they need support from sister agencies or something. Only time can tell. We'll take a break here to return with more. Just stay with us.