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  President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the release of the abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Afaka, Kaduna State. Buhari in a statement issued on Wednesday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, also called for the release of the kidnapped students of Greenfield University and other people still in captivity. “We are happy they have been released,” President Buhari was quoted as saying, hours after the college students regained their freedom. “We express our...

The 27 students abducted by bandits from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, have been released. One of the persons who received the students confirmed the news to Daily Trust. Kidnapping, banditry not federal offences, FG replies PDP Were 19 herders killed in Anambra? He said the release was facilitated by the Sheikh […]

However, ten of them have regained their freedom, with 29 others still in captivity. On Wednesday, after their parents staged a protest at the National Assembly complex to demand their release, reports emerged of a cash transaction made to secure their freedom. Advertisement Speaking with Roots TV, one of the parents alleged that Gumi directed them to a Fulani man named Ahmed, who collected N800,000 from them. “We kept going for meetings. They took us to Gumi’s house who said we should meet...

2021-05-05 21:56:13 GMT2021-05-06 05:56:13(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LAGOS, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian police confirmed on Wednesday more than 20 students abducted from a college in the countrys northwestern state of Kaduna have been released. Mohammed Jalige, a police spokesperson in Kaduna, who confirmed this to reporters in a statement, said the abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization regained their freedom after spending 55 days in captivity. The student...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 5 May 2021 One of the parents of the kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, has said in an effort to secure the release of their children, she and other parents met with controversial Islamic scholar, Ahmad Gumi, who directed them to a Fulani man named Ahmed. The parent, who spoke in an interview with Roots TV, also said they paid N800,000 to Ahmed. The PUNCH had earlier reported that on March 11, 2021, 39 s...

  Parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State on Tuesday occupied the National Assembly complex, Abuja, in protest. The protesters which include members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution are lamenting over what they described as the negligence of the state and Federal Government in securing the release of the children. They chanted songs of solidarity and displayed placards demanding prompt rescue of the students. “E...

Is El-Rufai’s no-negotiation with kidnappers working ? By Tue May 04 2021 The abduction and brutal killing of some of the students of Greenfield University is one of the many pictures of the North that is painted in the colour of blood. Coming at a time when students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation are yet to be released by kidnappers, it highlights the depth to which we have descended in this trench of insecurity. This, to a very scary extent, is a head-on collisi...

May 4, 2021 May 4, 2021 Parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State have occupied the National Assembly complex, Abuja, in protest. The protesters which include members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution are lamenting over what they described as the negligence of the state and Federal Government in securing the release of the children. They chanted songs of solidarity and displayed placards demanding prompt rescue of the...

Shehu Sani Begs Miyetti Allah Groups Over Abducted Kaduna Students Sani on Twitter on Tuesday said the “men who chose the path of indifference” would never be pitied by the future, saying the pains of the parents were unimaginable. by SaharaReporters, New York May 04, 2021 A former Kaduna State Senator and public analyst, Shehu Sani, has said he had appealed to the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore to help in securing t...

By John Shiklam One of the abducted students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, has been released. The mother of the released student, Mrs. Lauretta Attahiru, confirmed this on Tuesday to journalists in Kaduna. She did not however give details of how her son was released as she declined to make further comments. The police could not however be reached to confirm the release of the student as Mohammad Jalige, spokesman of the Kaduna state police command, did not respond to telephone calls calls a...