We were ready to lose students in planned bandits’ bombardment – El-Rufai
Eniola Akinkuotu, Victor Ayeni and Godwin Isenyo
Published 7 May 2021
Eniola Akinkuotu, Victor Ayeni and Godwin Isenyo
Published 7 May 2021
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said when 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, were abducted, the plan was to attack and kill the bandits even if it meant some students would die in the process.
El-Rufai added that Kaduna is currently at war and such would only be considered as collateral damage, a price he would be willing to pay instead of paying ransom.
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 invaded the school located in Afaka along the Kaduna International Airport road and abducted 39 students.
The bandits demanded N500m as ransom for their release, but 10 of the 39 students had been released in two batches of five each.
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Olalekan Adetayo, John Alechenu, Godwin Isenyo, Raphael Ede, Dennis Naku and James Abraham
Published 5 May 2021
Olalekan Adetayo, John Alechenu, Godwin Isenyo, Raphael Ede, Dennis Naku and James Abraham
Published 5 May 2021
The Peoples Democratic Party, the Arewa Consultative Forum, the Pan- Niger Delta Forum and the Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, on Tuesday took a swipe at the Presidency over an allegation that some leaders were plotting to overthrow the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
The groups, in separate interviews with
The PUNCH, cautioned the Presidency against misinterpreting well-intended criticism amid worsening insecurity in the country.
It said the purpose of the move was to further throw the country into turmoil.
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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.
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The bandits demanded N500 million as ransom for their release.