Niger State Ministry Of Education has released photo of the student killed during the attack on Government Science College Kagara in Niger State.
Benjamin .B. Habila, an SS3C student, was the only student shot by the bandits during the attack.
The bandits invaded the school around 3am on Wednesday, February 17, abducting 27 students, 3 members of staff and 12 members of the families of the staff.
A statement issued by the Ministry on Saturday, February 20, and signed by the Commisioner Hajiya Hannatu Jibrin Salihu, sympathises with the family of the deceased student.
“The Ministry shares in the grief caused by the unfortunate incident and his loss is indeed painful and colossal to bear but we all take solace in the fact that God Almighty gives and takes. Rest in peace.”