Tag: Zamfara school abduction

Zamfara: 75 schools in bandits-occupied territories remain shut as others resume

Aminu Imam

Schools in Zamfara State have resumed for the 20232024 academic session as 75 schools in the red zone remained closed amid palpable fears of kidnappings and banditry. According to reports, the resumption of both public and private schools in the State comes a few days after the abduction of female students of the Federal University, Gusau, and construction workers. The abduction of students in boarding and day schools in the State occasioned the closure of most schools. About 75 schools have not been reopened due to insecurity, especially in the…

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School Abduction: “We used N60 million ransom to buy more weapons” – Zamfara bandits

Aminu Imam

The N60 million ransom paid for the release of almost 300 abducted schoolgirls of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) in Jangebe town, Zamfara State, were used in buying more weapons, a bandit warlord has revealed. The revelation was contained in a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Africa Eye documentary, titled: The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara set to air today, Monday, July 25, giving credence to claims that the government has been bankrolling bandits operations through ransom payment. The bandit warlord when asked what the ransom was used for confidently replied: We…

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Zamfara: “Ill no longer grant amnesty to bandits”, Matawalle vows

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Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, says that his administration is no longer interested in holding a dialogue with bandits, noting that they had spurned the olive branch once extended to them. He said in Gusau that instead, security forces would flush them out of the State. The governor said the barrage of attacks on bandits by security forces had made them to make a fresh overture to government seeking dialogue. He said the bandits emissaries informed him that they had repented and would want to dialogue with the government. He…

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Zamfara: Police rescue 5 abducted students from Govt. Sec. School in Maradun LGA

Aminu Imam

The Zamfara State Police Command says it has rescued five out of the 73 abducted students of Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun local government area of the State. Recall that bandits stormed the secondary School, abducting not less than 73 students. The abduction prompted the deployment of security operatives in the State to the area to rescue the students. The victims were rescued unhurt and have been reunited with their families. The Commissioner of Police, Ayuba N. Elkana, who confirmed the development, assured residents of the state that…

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Schools abduction: Niger Gov. reunites 90 Tegina Islamiyya pupils with parents

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As Zamfara govt. secures release of 18 Bakura Agric College studentsAnother 32 Bethel Baptist School students also regain freedom Niger State government has received the released children of Salihu Tanko Islamic School Tegina at the Government House, Minna the state capital and reunited them with their families. The Islamic school pupils, who were kidnapped on May 30, 2021 were said to have arrived Minna, the State capital late last night. The State governor, Abubakar Sani Bello addressed the press in the presence of the refreshed and neatly clothed children and…

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Bandits demand N350m ransom for abducted Zamfara Agric College students, staff

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Bandits have demanded N350 million ransom for students and staff of the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura, in Zamfara State. Provost of the College, Habibu Mainasara, made the disclosure in a phone interview with newsmen. Mainasara said the bandits called him and told him that they needed N350 million for the 20 people currently in their captivity. According to him, They said that the money must be paid before they could release the staff and the students they kidnapped in my school, he added. The Provost did not…

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3 abductees of Zamfara College of Agric and Animal Science escape from bandits – Dep. Provost

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Three out of scores of people who were abducted by bandits at the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura, Zamfara state have reportedly escaped. This was revealed by Deputy Provost of the College, Ali Atiku, while speaking with newsmen on Monday. Atiku said two staff and one student have escaped and returned to the college. According to the Deputy Provost, the bandits kidnapped 15 students, all of which are male, and four other persons. Two staff and one student escaped from the bandits after they kidnapped them and returned…

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Just In: Gunmen abduct another set of students in Zamfara

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Gunmen suspected to be armed bandits have attacked the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, in Bakura local government area of Zamfara State. According to sources, the bandits stormed the institution around 11 pm on Sunday and kidnapped an unspecified number of students and staff of the college. The gunmen also reportedly killed a security personnel and two watchmen. The State’s Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the incident, adding that the Command will soon release a statement concerning the situation. This is not the first time…

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Bandits free kidnapped Zamfara schoolgirls

Aminu Imam

ؠ Buhari expresses joy over school girls release Bandits have released schoolgirls who were abducted from a Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Zamfara State, on Friday. The State governor, Bello Matawalle, said the girls were freed on Tuesday morning. It was unclear how many of the 317 girls were released and under what terms, but the governors statement indicated a substantial majority. It was unclear how many of the 317 girls were released and under what terms, but the governors statement indicated a substantial majority It gladdens my heart…

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Insecurity: Jangebe abduction will be the last Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that last Fridays abduction of female students from Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe, will be the last to happen. The presidents statement was relayed yesterday, through Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who led a high-powered federal government delegation to sympathise with the people and government of Zamfara. According to Buhari, new measures had been developed by the Federal Government which would bring complete end to all forms of criminality in the nation. The President is saddened by the abduction of the students from…

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