The Kano State Police Command has detained 11 students from Government Boarding Secondary School in Bichi in connection with the deaths of two other students.
Abdullahi Haruna, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed the arrests in an email to PUNCH Online on Thursday.
Haruna stated that the pupils were being probed to ascertain their level of involvement in the incident.
“Eleven students were arrested over the incident, and the investigation is ongoing to find out the level of their individual involvement,” he said.
He assured that the police will do everything necessary to solve the students’ murders and arrest those responsible.
On Wednesday, the state Commissioner for Education, Dr Ali Haruna Makoda, requested a complete investigation into the fatalities.
The decision was issued by the ministry’s permanent secretary, Bashir Bappa Mohammad, during a visit to the institution on Wednesday.
The murdered students, Hamza Idris Tofawa and Umar Yusuf Dungurawa, were allegedly attacked by colleagues using local metal objects known as “Gwale-Gwale”.
