Desperate Nigerians sell homes and land to free kidnapped children

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TEGINA, Nigeria: After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam\u0027s 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned out his savings to raise a ransom to free them. He sent his 3 million naira (US$7,300) into the bush, together with payments from other families in his to

TEGINA, Nigeria: After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam's 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned out his savings to raise a ransom to free them.

President Muhammadu Buhari has told states not to pay anything to kidnappers, saying it will only encourage more abductions. Security agencies say they are targeting the bandits with military action and other methods. Parents attend a meeting at the Salihu Tanko Islamic school in Tegina, Niger State, Nigeria August 10, 2021.

In December, gunmen kidnapped 344 boys from the Government Science Secondary School in the northwestern state of Katsina during a night-time raid. The kidnappers released the boys a week later, but it set off a spate of similar kidnappings across the region.

 

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