Niger Govt Arrests Bandits Behind Abduction Of 200 Students

• The Niger State Government has arrested the bandits behind the abduction of 200 students in the state.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Niger State Government says it has arrested some of the bandits who abducted students of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyyan School, Tegina in the Rafi Local Government Area of the state.

Recall that the bandits, on Sunday, stormed the community and abducted the students.

However, the Deputy Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Ahmed Ketso, while speaking on the abduction on Tuesday, said “some of the bandits are in our custody”.

The Deputy Governor, who failed to disclose the number of bandits arrested, noted that security agents were already on the trail of the rest of the bandits with a view to rescuing the children.

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Ketso ruled out payment of any ransom but assured that the abducted students would be rescued the same way the Kagara Science College boys were rescued by the state government.

He said, “We don’t pay ransom to abductors. We are trying to negotiate to see how we can bring them back safely.

“But first of all, we are trying to get in touch with the parents of those abducted because some of them came from other states to acquire the Islamic education. The government does not know their parents or where they came from.

“We are still taking the census of the children to know the exact number that were actually abducted. Nevertheless, the government will do everything possible to ensure their safe rescue.”

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