{"id":79922,"date":"2021-04-23T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=79922"},"modified":"2021-04-23T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T16:18:00","slug":"breaking-bandits-kill-3-abducted-kaduna-university-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-bandits-kill-3-abducted-kaduna-university-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Bandits Kill 3 Abducted Kaduna University Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m91129\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Armed bandits who kidnapped students of Greenfield University, have shot dead three of the abducted students, a statement by Samuel Aruwan, state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe armed bandits\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\">on Tuesday night<\/a>kidnapped an unspecified number of students at the institution located at Kasarami village off Kaduna-Abuja Road in Chikun LGA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe remains of three students were found today (Friday), in Kwanan Bature village, a location close to the university and have been evacuated to a mortuary by the Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, and Force Commander, Operation Thunder Strike, Lt.Col. MH Abdullahi,\u201d Mr Aruwan said.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Nasir El-Rufai has condemned the killing of three students as sheer wickedness, inhumanity and an outright desecration of human lives by vile entities.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that the armed bandits represent the worst of humankind and must be fought at all cost for the violent wickedness they represent.<\/p>\n<p>Evil, the governor further said, would not triumph over God-given humanity. 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