{"id":112318,"date":"2024-06-02T16:22:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T15:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=112318"},"modified":"2024-06-02T16:22:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T15:22:21","slug":"kogi-secures-release-of-all-abducted-custech-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kogi-secures-release-of-all-abducted-custech-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi secures release of all abducted CUSTECH students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1800760491599395032\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kogi State Government has announced the rescue of the remaining eight kidnapped students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara (CUSTECH) Bringing the numbers of rescued students to 30.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nRecall 32 students were abducted inside the school premises early last month while preparing for the commencement of their exams. Four of the abducted students were first rescued, followed by another 16, and two students who escaped on his own, before the latest 8 that were rescued.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the abducted students were however killed last week by the abductors following the state government decision not to pay ransom for the victims, but rather embarked on \u2018kinetic and non kinetic\u201d onslaught against the kidnappers.<\/p>\n<p>This latest development was revealed on Sunday in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kogi State Government has announced the rescue of the remaining eight kidnapped students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Governor has directed full support towards the recovery of the students and their parents, while modalities are being put in place to make Kogi safer for all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government of Kogi State expresses profound gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for directing the mobilization of resources to ensure the rescue of the kidnapped students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also thank the National Security Adviser immensely for his commitment to the release of the students and the general security of the State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Naval Staff, the Chief of Air Staff, the Director General of DSS, the Inspector General of Police and all the officers and men of the Armed Forces that put in their best as well as the Pilots, did a wonderful job to support us in reuniting the kidnapped students with their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kogi State Command of all the security agencies, Police, DSS, NSCDC and our local hunters are also highly appreciated for their efforts towards this feat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Ahmed Usman Ododo also expresses immense gratitude to his Kwara State counterpart, Governor AbdulRahmam AbdulRazak for his personal commitment, cooperation and support towards the success of the operation that led to the rescue of the remaining kidnapped students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kwara State Governor showed the reason he is effectively leading the Nigerian Governors Forum. His actions have also reinforced the Kogi\/Kwara cooperation and unity of purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that the remaining students have been rescued, our administration will continue the drive to recalibrate our security architecture and pay an uncompromising attention to the Safe School Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the State with the lowest out of school children in the North, we have put structures in place to keep our schools safe to ensure every child is not deprived of his or her right to education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKogi has domesticated the Child Rights Act and we will defend the right of our children to quality education. In Kogi State, education is free up to the Secondary School level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also pay the registration fees for our students to write all internal and external examinations with a budgetary allocation that is way above the UNESCO benchmark for education. We do all of these to educate our children and make them responsible contributors to the economy of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge our citizens to always volunteer intelligence to security agencies to enable them to prevent crime. This is safer, cheaper and better for us all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of us must come together to defeat banditry, kidnapping and any form of criminality in our society.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kogi State Government has announced the rescue of the remaining eight kidnapped students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara (CUSTECH) Bringing the numbers of rescued students to&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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