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How five of us regained freedom -Abducted Kaduna student
Published 11:04 am
One of the kidnapped students of the 39 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Mando in Igabi Local Government Area, Francis Paul, has narrated how five of them regained freedom.
Paul, a 200 level undergraduate of Agricultural Technology of the college, also narrated their ordeal in the kidnappers’ den.
On Thursday night, March 11, 2021, the bandits in large numbers invaded the school located opposite the Nigerian Defence Academy along the Kaduna International Airport road and abducted 39 students.
Some of the students were in a viral video released by the bandits on Saturday after their abduction, in their night wears.
Usman A. Tar is Professor of Political Science and Defence Studies, and Distinguished Endowed Chair of Defence and Security Studies (26RC Endowment) at the Nigerian Defence Academy. He is Director of the Academy’s flagship Centre for Defence Studies and Documentation. He is a member of the board of the Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuidling Network (SSRC/APN), New York, USA. Previously he was Associate Research Fellow at the Africa Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Bradford, UK. He authored several books including
The Politics of Neoliberal Democracy in Africa (2009), G
lobalization in Africa: Perspectives on Development, Security and the Environment (2016),
Five abducted Kaduna students freed, 34 still held -Official
Published 6:35 pm
Five abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Mando in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have regained freedom.
The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, announced this on Monday.
Aruwan said the five students are currently undergoing medical check-up at an undisclosed military facility in the state.
The Commissioner in a statement titled, ‘Five of the kidnapped students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization recovered…Undergoing thorough medical check-up at a military facility’.
“The Nigerian military has informed the Kaduna State Government that five of the many kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna were recovered this afternoon and are presently in a military facility where they are undergoing a thorough medical check-up.
By Magnus Onyibe.
From cattle rustling to ‘human rustling’, all seem to be fair game to the bandits disguised in the garb of cattle rearers now testing the skills and will of the new chiefs of our armed services.
The spate of killings, abduction of students and the general state of insecurity in our country are so grim that putting a value to life in Nigeria has become such a harrowing experience due to the horrific pains of counting dead bodies. That is going by the terrifying account given by Mike Inalegu, one time Sole Administrator of a local government in Benue state , who stated that in Agatu, about 6,000 people were killed between 2013-15 due to herdsmen-farmers conflicts.