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Views: Visits 171 Yesterday evening, 29 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry, Afaka, Kaduna State walked into freedom after about 33 days in captivity. Their release comes with mixed feelings. While it is a huge relief the Afaka students were released unhurt, especially since none of the students were killed by the kidnappers, as is the case with the abducted students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, it also comes with some disappointment as the federal government had ...

Sheikh Gumi Taunts El-Rufai Over 2014 Comments, Says Greenfield Varsity Students Will Be Released Soon On the reported swap of a bandit for the students, Sheikh Gumi taunted the Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai over the comments he made in 2014. by SaharaReporters, New York May 06, 2021 Popular Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has assured that the remaining 16 of the kidnapped Greenfield varsity students will be released soon. He said negotiations were ongoing with the bandits who seize...

Views: 382 Fresh detail has emerged as to how the federal government released a notorious kidnapper in exchange for the freedom of the last batch of 27 students of Federal College of Forestry, Afaka, abducted on March 11. In a prisoner swap deal brokered by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, a kidnapper simply identified as Nanono was transported from a detention facility in Kano, where he was being held and handed over to a traditional ruler in Kaduna who acted as the middleman. Parents and...

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Punch Newspapers Sections Olalekan Adetayo and Leke Baiyewu, Stephen Angbulu and Solomon Odeniyi Published 5 May 2021 Olalekan Adetayo and Leke Baiyewu, Stephen Angbulu and Solomon Odeniyi Published 5 May 2021 THE House of Representatives will be meeting with the Kaduna State Government on how to rescue the remaining 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, who were abducted by bandits on March 11, 2021. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, made this known follo...

By Udora Orizu Parents of abducted College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State, yesterday stormed the National Assembly complex in Abuja, demanding the safe return of their children, as well as an end to insecurity in the country. This is coming as the House of Representatives yesterday pledged to liaise with relevant authorities to secure the release of the adducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State. The aggrieved parents and the institution’s Students Union G...

Vanguard News Translate Home » News » KIDNAPPED AFAKA 29, GREENFIELD 16 STUDENTS: Anguished parents protest at NASS, accuse FG of neglect KIDNAPPED AFAKA 29, GREENFIELD 16 STUDENTS: Anguished parents protest at NASS, accuse FG of neglect On …Parents of Afaka 29 students protest plight of their children at NASS …Accuse FG, Kaduna govt of negligence …Parents look hopeless, depend on National Assembly — Reps …FG, KDSG working together to secure Kaduna varsity stude...

…Parents of Afaka 29 students protest plight of their children at NASS …Accuse FG, Kaduna govt of negligence …Parents look hopeless, depend on National Assembly — Reps …FG, KDSG working together to secure Kaduna varsity students’ freedom – Lai Mohammed …Allow more time for negotiation, don’t kill them, NAPTAN pleads …If you’ve better solution than ransom, put it to work — Shehu Sani By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor, Adesina Wahab, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Lumi...

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Parents of dozens of students kidnapped from a local college in north-west Nigeria gathered to protest on Tuesday in the countrys capital, demanding that the government take action and rescue their children. In March 2021, gunmen attacked the Federal College of F orestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna state and abducted 39 students. At least 29 of the students are still in captivity. One mother, Catherine Kwuale (56), spoke of the pain she had experienced since the kidnapping of her child; "In t...