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Some of the mothers of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State could not hold back their tears on Tuesday as they occupied the National Assembly complex, Abuja, in protest.
The protesters which include members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution are lamenting over what they described as the negligence of the state and Federal Government in securing the release of the children.
Angelina Babale one of the mothers spoke with Channels Television in Pidgin English. In an emotion-laden voice, she said she has been enveloped in grief since the abduction of her daughter.
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Published 13 March 2021
Adelani Adepegba and Godwin Isenyo
Published 13 March 2021
Parents of the kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Friday, lamented the abduction of their children, even as the state government confirmed that the number of pupils unaccounted for was 39.
The state government had earlier confirmed that bandits on Thursday night abducted no fewer than 30 students from the school, located opposite the Nigerian Defence Academy on Airport Road.
But on Friday night, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement that checks by the government later found that 39 persons, comprising 23 females and 16 males, were still missing. He, however, gave an assurance that security agents were working hard to rescue the students.
By Ibrahim Hassan Wuyo
It was wailing, cries and lamentation yesterday by parents and other close relations of the students who were kidnapped at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation on the outskirts of Kaduna, on Thursday night as they besieged the school demanding the rescue of their children.
While the authorities were assuring that security agents were in hot pursuit of the abductors to rescue the students, some parents lamented that adequate security was not provided in the college before the attack which happened just days after the neighboring Kaduna airport Staff quarters, suffered a similar fate.
Parents’ lamentations
The state Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said checks have confirmed that 39 students are currently unaccounted for, among which are 23 females and 16 males.
A non-academic staff of the college told our correspondent that four students: three females and a male, were injured during the invasion and had been moved to one of the military facilities for treatment.
He said the male student who was forced to lead the bandits to the female hostel “broke free from the kidnappers and was injured in the process, but nevertheless escaped.”
In an interview with the Channels Television, Governor Nasir El-Rufai said they got a security report that bandits were planning to attack a private school which was not far from the college where the fresh abduction took place.