But they are happy they are alive to tell the stories, although one of the students had to be rushed to the hospital for what Governor Abubakar Sani Bello called excessive exhaustion.President Muhammadu Buhari expressed joy at their release but asked school owners to scale up security around their institutions to forestall further security breaches.
He said that the children would be taken due care of and would soon be released to their families after adequate medical care.“There was no ransom. However, it involved a lot of logistics because we involved so many groups like the security agencies, our local vigilante, local traditional rulers and other stakeholders.
“My decision of going back to the school is in the hands of my parents, as well as the level of concern the government might show towards the security of the school.”To Lawal Bello, an SS3 student, their abduction looked like a dream.“We suffered. We suffered. They served us beans throughout.” A guardian, Abdulmalik Mohammed, said he had spoken to his ward and that what he related to him about his experience in the bandits’ den was terrible.
Speaking about his experience in creating a platform of dialogue with the bandits, Matane said it took a lot of courage to go inside the bush and speak to them.
It will pass one day. Bandits are terrorist.
No kidnapping it’s a lie. Just using it to loot the treasury dry
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