Tag: Kaduna school abduction

Bandits release Bethel Baptist school student in Kaduna

Aminu Imam

One of the 121 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, has been released due to illness.  According to reports, he was brought back by two people who were abducted by the same bandits and were released after their people had paid a ransom.  A member of Bethel Baptist Church, who pleaded for anonymity, disclosed this to newsmen yesterday.  According to him, the parents of the released boy had taken him to the hospital and he has regained consciousness on Friday. The student, who also spoke with newsmen, remarked…

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Kaduna: El-Rufa’i orders immediate closure of schools after abduction

Aminu Imam

…As Police confirm rescue of 26 kidnapped Bethel school students  Kaduna State governor,  Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, yesterday ordered the immediate closure of 13 schools following the abduction of some students in the State by bandits. Bandits attacked Bethel Baptist High School in Damishi town, of Chikun local government area in Kaduna, kidnapping an unspecified number of students yesterday. This comes a few days after the governor of the state, el-Rufa’i said he secretly withdrew his son who attends a public school due to security reports that bandits were targeting his…

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Kaduna abduction: Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic suspends academic activities

Aminu Imam

The management of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, in Zaria, Kaduna State, has announced the indefinite suspension of academic activities following the recent attack on the institution by suspected bandits. The institutions’ Information Officer, Mahmud Kwarbai, broke the news in a statement yesterday. Recall that on Thursday, a student was killed in an attack by the gunmen while 10 people, comprising eight students and two lecturers, were abducted. Kwarbai said the attack had created tension, hence the indefinite suspension of activities at the institution. The information officer added that students had subsequently…

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Finally, fourteen remaining kidnapped Greenfield University students released

Aminu Imam

Fourteen students of Greenfield University, in Kaduna State, who were abducted by gunmen over a month ago have reportedly been released at last. According to reports, the students were released yesterday afternoon at a location along the Kaduna- Abuja highway. It said the Chairman of the Parents Forum, Markus Zarmai, and few others were expected to receive the students at the drop-off location. The parents of the abducted students said that they paid a ransom, in addition to providing eight new motorcycles to the kidnappers before they agreed to release…

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Afaka school abduction: “I planned to bomb bandits who kidnapped students even if the students die rather than pay a ransom” – Gov. el-Rufa’i

Aminu Imam

Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufa’i has revealed that he planned to bomb the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation students in Afaka, even if some of the abducted students are killed. He made the remarks in an online interview on social media on Africa’s development hosted by a church. According to the governor, “Kaduna State is confronted by a war and therefore, even if some of the students are killed, it will be a sacrifice that had to be made”. The governor further disclosed that two days after the abduction,…

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Afaka abducted students: How FG released notorious kidnapper, parents paid N32m ransom

Aminu Imam

Details have emerged as to how the Nigerian government released a notorious kidnapper in exchange for the freedom of the last batch of 27 students of Federal College of Forestry, Afaka, abducted on March 11. In a prisoner swap deal brokered by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, it was learnt that the kidnapper, simply identified as Nanono, was transported from a detention facility in Kano, where he was being held, and handed over to a traditional ruler in Kaduna who acted as the middleman. Parents and relatives of the victims were…

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Breaking: 27 Kaduna Forestry College Students regain freedom

Aminu Imam

The 27 students abducted by bandits from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, have been released. According to one of the persons who received the students confirmed the news, the release was facilitated by the Sheikh Abubakar Gumi Dialogue Committee with support from former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The students were among the 37 abducted almost two months ago. Details to follow..

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Kaduna schools abductions: Parents of kidnapped students protest at NASS

Aminu Imam

…Demand return of children, end to insecurity Parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in Kaduna State, yesterday took a protest to the National Assembly complex, Abuja, to register their grievances. The protesting parents were joined by members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution, as well as some civil society organisations, (CSOs). They lamented the negligence of the State and Federal Government in securing the release of their children. They blocked the entrance to the Federal Secretariat axis of the complex as…

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Kaduna: Bandits threaten to kill Greenfield Varsity students if N100m ransom isn’t paid

Aminu Imam

Gunmen who kidnapped some students of Greenfield University in Kaduna state have threatened to kill the victims if their demands are not met by today, Tuesday. Recall that the armed men suspected to be bandits attacked the institution on April 18 and kidnapped some students. Speaking in a telephone conversation with the Hausa Service of the Voice of America (VOA), one Sani Idris Jalingo, who identified himself as the leader of the bandits, said 17 of the students are still in their custody. He added that the families of the students…

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Identity of ruthless bandits’ leader holding 29 Kaduna students revealed

Aminu Imam

A notorious bandits’ leader, Buderi Isiya, has been revealed as the leader of the gang holding 29 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, According to intelligence sources, Isiya, who is in his late 20s, has a large contingent of fighters and great herds of cattle across Kaduna State. It was gathered that despite coordinating several kidnapping operations, Isiya has managed to remain evasive because of the sophisticated and deadly weapons his gang possesses, making him hard to reach. The wanted bandit is said to…

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