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She said she lost the pregnancy due to stress she and others endured in captivity. Fatima, however, said the bandits never knew she was pregnant, though they constantly asked who among the female students was pregnant. She said she hid her condition for fear that they may harm her. “I was scared because anytime some of us say we are ill, they will imply that they will just ‘finish’ the person. So I felt knowing my condition, they may decide to harm me.” “I relied on my fellow female students to help me during the period. We all helped one another even during the monthly cycle, we wo...

When Will President Buhari Stop Begging Abductors Of Nigerian Students? By Olabisi Deji-Folutile There is nothing more devastating than for parents to send their children to school and for those children to be kidnapped and killed for fun. by Olabisi Deji-Folutile May 08, 2021 News of the release of the 27 kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, no doubt, calls for celebration. These students spent 50 good days in the camp of their captors. We saw them being beaten and assaulted in a trending video released by their kidnappers. It doesn’t ma...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 7 May 2021 PARENTS of the 27 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, on Thursday, waited in vain as they couldn’t be reunited with their children released by bandits after over 50 days in their den. No official reason(s) as to why the 27 abducted students were not reunited with the families as planned on Wednesday after they were released by their captors. The parents, who gathered as early 8pm to receive their children at the school premises along the Kaduna International Airport road opposite the Nigerian Defence Academy, w...

Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has explained his role and that of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in the recent release of the 27 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State. The students were freed by their abductors on Wednesday after spending over seven weeks in captivity. They were among 37 abducted from the school on March 11, but some were rescued earlier. The bandits demanded N500 million as ransom for their release but the state government had insisted it will not pay a dime to bandits or negotiate with them. It remains unclear if the st...

Views: Visits 5 Sheikh Ahmad Gumi Renowned Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has expressed optimism that the remaining students of the Greenfield University, Kaduna will soon regain their freedom from their captors. Gumi said negotiation was ongoing for the release of the students of the privately-owned university abducted by bandits on April 20, 2021. Few days after their abduction, five of the students were killed by the bandits while the leader of the bandits, Sani Jalingo, said the remaining students would be killed if the government or the parents failed to prov...