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Report: N15m paid, jailed bandit released in exchange for Afaka students May 06 Advertisement According to Daily Trust, after a N15 million ransom was paid, the abductors insisted on the release of a bandit arrested by the police. The paper reports that the bandit, whose name was given as Laulu, was moved to Kaduna from a police facility in Kano on Tuesday ahead of the students’ release. Advertisement The negotiations, the paper said, suffered setbacks after the abductor, known as Buderu, reneged on his promise even after payment of the agreed sum. The father of one Buhari, known as General...

Relief, as kidnappers release 29 Afaka students On …Obasanjo cautions FG on payment of ransom, says Buhari, Jonathan govts paid ransom, but denied    doing so …Arrest, interrogate Gumi now, Fani-Kayode tells FG The remaining 29 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, have been released. This is even as former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday cautioned the Federal Government against paying ransom to kidnappers and bandits, saying it is capable of encouraging criminals in their evil act. It will be recalled that 39 students of the school were kid...

President Muhammadu Buhari PHOTO: TWITTER/BASHIR AHMAD President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the release of the 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, near Kaduna. The president in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja, late Wednesday night, congratulated the friends and families of the students over their release. He also congratulated the government and people of Kaduna State following the happy end to the saga. The president said: “We are happy they have been released. “We express our deep a...

President Muhammadu Buhari PHOTO: TWITTER/BASHIR AHMAD President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the release of the 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, near Kaduna. x The president in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja, late Wednesday night, congratulated the friends and families of the students over their release. He also congratulated the government and people of Kaduna State following the happy end to the saga. The president said: “We are happy they have been re...

By Deji Elumoye in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday expressed excitement at the news of the release of the remaining 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry, Afaka, Kaduna abducted from their school 55 days ago. Chairman of the Forum of Parents of the 39 Abducted Students, Mr. Abdullahi Usman, confirmed the release of the students to THISDAY. “Yes, they have been released. They did not sleep in the (bandits) camp yesterday. They were taken to the residence of one of the mediators to sleep. We have already sent our people with vehicles and ambulanc...