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Following the release of the recently abducted schoolboys in Katsina State, IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI chronicles kidnap incidents that have gripped the country since former military head of state, Muhammadu Buhari, assumed office as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
When no fewer than 276 final year female students were kidnapped in the dead of night at the Government Girls secondary school in Chibok, Borno State in one of the most alarming onslaughts of the dreaded terrorists’ group, Boko Haram, the administration of former Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, received spirited criticisms globally. Many human rights organisations, both local and international, cited the abduction as a testament of the ex-president’s lack of political will and expertise needed to decisively handle issues of insecurity and secure the lives and properties of Nigerians against the growing life-draining threats posed by the rampaging terrorists.
Six Days in Bandits’ Den: We went through hell Released Katsina students
On Our abductors flogged us, shot into air to scare us Fed us with cassava, raw potatoes, dirty water We trekked long hours in the bush in cold night No ransom paid to secure their release Gov Masari Put your experience behind you Buhari tells them
By Kingsley Omonobi; Dapo Akinrefon; Ibrahim HassanWuyo; Bashir Bello & Charly Agwam
After spending six days in the bandits’ enclave under dehumanising conditions, 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State yesterday relived their traumatic experience moments after they regained freedom.
Looking unkempt and emaciated, many of the students were barefooted and limping. Their parents expressed relief from six agonising days. Governor Aminu Masari said while some parents cried for a missing child, he cried for 344 missing children.