Abductors of students of Greenfield University, in Kaduna
have made contacts with the families of the 20 students captured Tuesday night
to demand N800 million as ransom.
This is about $2million going by the official Central Bank
of Nigeria rate.
The terrorists have also threatened to kill the students if
the ransom is not paid, according to a relation of one of the students who
spoke with TheNation.
Twenty students, made up of 14 females and six males were
captured by the terrorists on Tuesday night.
Two female staff of the university were also abducted.
The relation of one of the victim also claimed that the
abductors have been beating the students, insisting on the urgency of the
payment.
The abduction at Greenfield University was the second at a
tertiary institution in Kaduna state since March.
On 11 March, 39 students of Federal College of Forestry
Mechanisation, in Kaduna were also abducted. Ten of them have been released.
Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and
Home Affairs, said in a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna that troops have been
deployed to the area of the university.
“After search-and-rescue operations, a staff member of the
university was confirmed to have been killed by the bandits, while a number of
students were kidnapped.
“The security operatives took custody of the remaining
students, who have been handed over to the institution, as at noon, Wednesday
21st April.”
Aruwan said the actual number of students kidnapped is still
being sought from the institution’s records.
“Troops and other security operatives are working in the
general area, and the public will be informed of further developments,” Aruwan
said.
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