Nigeria: Bandits Demand Ransom for Abducted Kaduna School Children

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The terrorists contacted the residents asking for N1billion ransom

The bandits who abducted 287 pupils last week at a public school in Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area ofThe kidnappers made contact on Tuesday through the principal of the school, Abubakar Isah, who was abducted alongside the students on Thursday.

"We briefed the Kaduna State government about the telephone conversation, they took note and asked us to go", a resident said asking for confidentiality. A set of students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, abducted by suspected terrorists last September were moved to the Kwiambana Game Reserve and are yet to be released.

Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu has vowed not to pay ransom to kidnappers in any part of the country.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

 

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