Troops from the Nigerian Army have recovered five out of the 39
kidnapped students abducted by bandits at the Federal College of
Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna
state have regained their freedom.
This is coming 25 days that the students were abducted from their
hostels by the gunmen dressed in military uniform.
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a
statement said the five students were recovered by troops of the
Nigerian Army on Monday afternoon.
“The Nigerian military has informed the Kaduna State Government that
five of the many kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry
Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna were recovered this afternoon and are
presently in a military facility where they are undergoing a thorough
medical check-up.
“The Kaduna State Government will provide updates on further operational
feedback to be received on this case,” the statement read.
Parents of the abducted students had earlier vowed to go ahead with
negotiation with the bandits to secure the release of their children
irrespective of the stand of the Kaduna state government against doing
so.
The government had eon Sunday vowed to prosecute anyone caught
negotiating with bandits on its behalf, maintaining the earlier position
that it will not pay any ransom or negotiate the bandits, but wipe them
out.
In reaction to this warning by the state government, Chairman of Afaka
parents Association, Samuel Kambai on Monday said the parents will do
anything possible to get the children out of captivity including
negotiating with the bandits no matter the consequences.