At least 14 students who were abducted last month from a private university in Kaduna State have been released, according to officials
Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan said that students who were kidnapped by bandits from The Green Field University on April 20 were handed over to their families.
"Troops of the Nigerian Air Force have rescued scores of victims kidnapped by victims in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State."
— Concerned citizen (Unwanted Tribe) (@aelinwa) May 23, 2021
*Rescued Scores of victims*
That sounds fantastic? However, not substantiated.
What of the Green Field University students? pic.twitter.com/53ERHW9P7A
They were among 19 students taken hostage, while five were found dead near the school on April 23.
The bandits demanded a ransom to free the students but the Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai rejected those demands.
14 people kidnapped from a Nigerian university have been released. Unidentified gunmen abducted 20 students and three staff members from Greenfield University in Kaduna state last month #SABCNews
— SAfm news (@SAfmnews) May 30, 2021
In Kaduna, 937 people were killed in attacks by bandits in 2020 and 1,972 are missing.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
