{"id":83082,"date":"2021-07-03T15:47:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T14:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83082"},"modified":"2021-07-03T20:08:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T19:08:53","slug":"i-withdrew-my-son-from-public-school-after-two-foiled-kidnap-attempts-against-him-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/i-withdrew-my-son-from-public-school-after-two-foiled-kidnap-attempts-against-him-el-rufai\/","title":{"rendered":"I withdrew my son from public school after two foiled kidnap attempts against him -El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1704275004541794654\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that he withdrew his seven-year-old son, Abubakar Al-Sadiq El-Rufai, from Kaduna Capital school, after bandits attempted to kidnap him twice.<\/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\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe governor gave the reason in an interview with BBC Pidgin after earlier accusations that he withdrew the child secretly.<\/p>\n<p>The governor had enrolled his son Al-Sadiq in Kaduna Capital School about a year half ago in a bid to boost confidence in parents to patronise public schools.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, withdrawing Al-Sadiq is to discourage bandits from attacking the school.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that the withdrawal was to save the child and his colleagues who might be affected by the bandits\u2019 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai said, \u201cMy son was registered in the school and so my daughter who clocked six years. But we have to temporarily withdraw them for the security of the school because we foiled plans from at least two groups to attack the school to kidnap my son.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cI don\u2019t think they will succeed because enough security was put in place to prevent them. But other children will be in danger. We don\u2019t have an idea about the kind of weapons they will carry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have taken a stand against paying bandits. We got intel that they were planning to kidnap my son from Kaduna Capital School to see whether I will pay ransom if they kidnap my son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-rufai, had earlier spoken against the payment of ransom to kidnappers, saying he won\u2019t be involved in such even if his son is kidnapped.<\/p>\n<p>During a radio interview in April, El-rufai said, \u201cI mean it and I will say it again here. Even if my son is kidnapped, I will rather pray for him to make heaven instead because I won\u2019t pay any ransom,\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/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>Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that he withdrew his seven-year-old son, Abubakar Al-Sadiq El-Rufai, from Kaduna Capital school, after bandits attempted to kidnap him twice. 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