Tag: Kaduna school abduction

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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Kaduna: Bandits release video of pregnant student, others abducted from Fed. Forestry College

Aminu Imam

…’Payment of ransom has not stopped attacks since 2014′ – El-Rufa’i Bandits have released a video of a pregnant student and others who were abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, in Afaka, Kaduna State. Recall that the kidnapped students were abducted from their hostels in March. In the 4-minute and 56 seconds video, shot at night in an unknown location, a bandit was heard speaking in Hausa and later Fulfulde asking some of the students to come forward and speak to the camera. The pregnant girl, who the…

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‘Bandits kill 2 more students of Kaduna’s Greenfield University’ – Official

Aminu Imam

Another two students of Greenfield University, in Kaduna State, who were kidnapped last Tuesday, were found dead yesterday, The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Homeland Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the latest murder of the two students in a press statement issued yesterday. The development came two days after the bandits killed three out of the 20 students kidnapped from the school last week. The three victims were found dead on Friday. The latest deaths have increased the number of students killed to five as negotiation for the release of the…

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Just In: Bandits shoot three abducted students of Greenfield Varsity dead

Aminu Imam

Three of the abducted students of Greenfield University, in Kaduna, have been found dead in a village, a location close to the university. The Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He stated that in an act of mindless evil and sheer wickedness, the armed bandits who kidnapped students of Greenfield University, have shot three of the abducted students dead. He further said the three students were this Friday found at Kwanar Bature village, a location close to the…

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Students abductions: “Declare state of emergency in Kaduna” – HURIWA urges President Buhari

Aminu Imam

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Kaduna due to the rising cases of mass abductions and killings in the State. According to a statement issued yesterday by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA lamented the latest attack on Greenfield University, the only operational private university in the State, coming nearly a month after a similar abduction at a neighbouring Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, also in Kaduna. Deploring the breakdown of security in Kaduna, the group…

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“Kaduna school abduction: Bandits released us on their own will” – Freed student debunks Army’s claim

Aminu Imam

One of the abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Mando, Kaduna State, has narrated how they were released from captivity. Recall that the Nigerian Army had claimed that its troops “recovered five of the students” who spent over three weeks in captivity. In a statement it issued on Tuesday, the  Army Spokesman,  Brig. Gen. Yerima Mohammed, unveiled the identities of the “recovered students”, and showered encomiums on the troops. “The rescued students are currently receiving medical attention in a military facility in Kaduna. The GOC 1 Division,…

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Kaduna: Five of 39 kidnapped  college students regain freedom

Aminu Imam

Five of the 39 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna on March 12 have regained their freedom. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. Aruwan said the five rescued students are presenting in a military facility undergoing a medical check-up. The statement read: “The Nigerian military has informed the Kaduna State Government that five of the many kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna were recovered this afternoon and are…

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Shehu Sani, Gumi meet over kidnapped students, RCCG members

Aminu Imam

A former Senator, who represented Kaduna-Central in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani and popular Northern Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, yesterday, met over gunmen abduction of the 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Mando, Igabi local government area, Kaduna and that of members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), on evangelism to Kafanchan. Recall that parents of the abducted students had reached out to prominent citizens to prevail on the State governor, Nasir El-Rufa’i, to do his possible best to ensure that their children…

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