The bandits kept the victims deep in the forests, making it difficult to reach them with ease.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 28, 2021
Sources have revealed that security operatives agreed to free four bandits arrested to secure the release of staff members and students of Government Science College, Kagara in Niger State abducted by gunmen.
SaharaReporters had reported how bandits stormed the school located in the Rafi Local Government on February 17 where they abducted 27 students, 3 teachers, two non-teaching staff members, and 9 relations of some of the staff members.
They were, however, released on Saturday morning, days after their abduction.
Abubakar Bello, the state governor, had revealed that no ransom was paid to secure their release.
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Nigerian security forces on Thursday said they were tracking the armed gang that kidnapped more than 40 people from a school a day earlier, as families and a survivor described how students fled gunfire during the early morning attack.
The kidnapping in Kagara in central Niger state was the latest mass abduction in Nigeria, where criminal gangs known as bandits have stepped up violent attacks on communities.
Gunmen in military uniforms raided the Government Science College in Kagara early Wednesday, killing one student and spiriting others into a nearby forest.
Kidnappers snatched 42 people, including 27 students, three teachers and other relatives of school staff, according to Niger state officials.