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Published 5 May 2021 Prominent Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, says he knew nothing about the N800,000 a parent claimed he instructed to be paid to a Fulani man named Ahmed. The ransom was supposedly paid to secure the release of some abducted students in Kaduna State. One of the parents of the kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, had said in an effort to secure the release of their children, she and other parents met with Gumi, who directed them to a Fulani man named Ahmed. The parent, who spoke in an interview with Roots TV, also said they p...

Banditry: Arrest Sheikh Gumi, He's Aiding Terrorists — Fani-Kayode Tells Nigerian Government Many Nigerians had also called for Gumi's arrest following his recent comment on the abduction of Greenfield University students. by SaharaReporters, New York May 05, 2021 Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has urged the federal government to arrest controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi over his roles in demanding amnesty for bandits. The controversial cleric has been criticised by Nigerians for his position that the government should negotiate with bandits and yield to their dema...

Punch Newspapers Sections Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Published 5 May 2021 After 56 gruelling days, the 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 PUNCH has learnt. The PUNCH in a telephone interview on Wednesday. He said, “Yes, they have been released. They are on their way from the forest where they have been kept for the past (over) 50 days.” On March 11, 2021 bandits invaded the school located in Afaka along the Kaduna International Airport Road and abducted 39 students. ...

Barely a day after parents of  students abducted by bandits from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State stormed the National Assembly Abuja in protest, the bandits have on Wednesday released the remaining 27 students in their captivity.

The remaining abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna have regained their freedom after spending 55 days in captivity.