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Vanguard News Abductors of Greenfield varsity students have soft pedal — Sheikh Gumi On By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Hope was raised on the survival of Greenfield University students in captivity, as Sheikh Ahmad Gumi assured that the abductors have now softened their stand after his discussion with them. While fielding questions from journalists after parents of the freed Afaka students paid him a thank-you visit on Thursday, Sheikh Gumi said “the role myself and former President Olusegun Obasanjo played in the release of the 27 Afaka students is the role of mediators, because the fight is not...

Renowned Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has expressed optimism that the remaining students of the Greenfield University, Kaduna will soo... 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 t...

  Gunmen have reportedly abducted a yet-to-be-determined number of students of the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), the state government said on Thursday. According to a statement signed by the State’s Commissioner of Information, John Kalu, the students were abducted along the Okigwe-Uturu road in the state. “Preliminary information available to us indicates that the students were moving in a mini van from Okigwe to Uturu between 7pm – 8pm when they ran into the armed gang who marched them into the nearby forest along with other yet to be identified travelers,” the statement sai...

Freed Kidnapped Kaduna Students Undergoing Medical Checkup—Commissioner The newly released 29 students, on Wednesday, nearly two months after they were kidnapped, arrived at the police headquarters in Kaduna. by SaharaReporters, New York May 06, 2021 Kaduna State Government has said that abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka recently released are currently receiving medical attention following their experience in the past seven weeks. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Awuran, told journalists on Thursday that the students we...

El-Rufai receives 27 freed Kaduna college students, two missing Olalekan Adetayo  and Godwin Isenyo Published 6 May 2021 Olalekan Adetayo  and Godwin Isenyo Published 6 May 2021 Twenty-seven abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have been released by bandits. The Chairman of The Forum of the Abducted Parents,  Malam Abdullahi Usman confirmed it to our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday. The elated chairman said, “Yes, they have been released after 50 days.” On March 11, 2021 bandits inva...