Kidnappers said they received N30m part payment as ransom- Kankara schoolboys Kindly share this story: A cross-section of the rescued students of Government Science Secondary School Kankara, Katsina State. Source: Femi Adesina's Facebook Page Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Some of the Kankara Schoolboys, who were abducted by bandits but later released, have said they were informed by their captors that N30m was paid as an initial ransom while the total demand for their release N344m or N1m per schoolboy. This comes barely a week after the military, the Presidency, the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mattawale; and his Katsina State counterpart, Aminu Masari; all claimed the bandits released the schoolboys without the payment of any ransom.