Kaduna Abduction: Students Still In Captivity To Regain Freedom Soon, Says El-Rufai

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that the
state government will soon secure the freedom of the abducted
students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in
the Igabi Local Government Area.

He stated this on Wednesday while receiving five of the 39
students abducted by bandits who invaded the school on March
11.

The students were reunited with their parents after the troops
rescued them on Monday.

Immediately after their release, they were taken to a military
hospital for treatment and were freed to go home with their
parents.

El-Rufai, who was represented by the Commissioner for internal
Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, assured that the
remaining students and others still in captivity will be rescued in
no distant time.

Earlier, El-Rufai featured on Channels Television’s Sunday
Politics where he warned that anyone caught negotiating with
bandits on behalf of the state government would be prosecuted.

He also reiterated the warning on April 4, noting that the
government has not appointed an intermediary to negotiate with
bandits on its behalf.

But the parents, in their reaction, vowed to do everything
possible to get their children out of captivity, including
negotiating with the bandits no matter the consequences.

The assailants stormed the school very early in the morning with
the intention to abduct many students in what can be described as a
silent attack.

Their operation was, however, thwarted by soldiers who promptly
responded to a distress call and engaged the bandits in a fierce
gunfight.

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that the
state government will soon secure the freedom of the abducted
students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in
the Igabi Local Government Area.

He stated this on Wednesday while receiving five of the 39
students abducted by bandits who invaded the school on March
11.

The students were reunited with their parents after the troops
rescued them on Monday.

Immediately after their release, they were taken to a military
hospital for treatment and were freed to go home with their
parents.

El-Rufai, who was represented by the Commissioner for internal
Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, assured that the
remaining students and others still in captivity will be rescued in
no distant time.

Earlier, El-Rufai featured on Channels Television’s Sunday
Politics where he warned that anyone caught negotiating with
bandits on behalf of the state government would be prosecuted.

He also reiterated the warning on April 4, noting that the
government has not appointed an intermediary to negotiate with
bandits on its behalf.

But the parents, in their reaction, vowed to do everything
possible to get their children out of captivity, including
negotiating with the bandits no matter the consequences.

The assailants stormed the school very early in the morning with
the intention to abduct many students in what can be described as a
silent attack.

Their operation was, however, thwarted by soldiers who promptly
responded to a distress call and engaged the bandits in a fierce
gunfight.