Police in Zamfara state stated on Thursday that 5 of the 73 kids kidnapped from a faculty in northwestern Nigeria had been rescued, though different sources gave completely different particulars after the mass abduction.
Wednesday’s assault on a secondary college in Kaya village was the most recent in a spate of ransom-seeking armed gangs raiding faculties within the North-West. More than 1,100 kids and youngsters have been kidnapped since December.
A gaggle of faculty kids collect after their launch after being kidnapped in Katsina, Nigeria. (File/AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
“The ongoing search and rescue mission is yielding positive results as five kidnapped girl students were rescued today,” Zamfara State Police stated in a press release.
“The victims were medically examined at the hospital, interrogated by the police and reunited with their families,” it stated.
However, UNICEF stated in a press release that 100 college students aged 14 to 19 and a trainer have been kidnapped, 23 of whom managed to flee and returned dwelling. Two of them had been shot.
A college trainer instructed Reuters by phone that greater than 90 have been lacking even after a number of the college students who had fled have been taken into consideration. The trainer additionally stated that the 2 college students who ran away have been shot.
The exact particulars of the kidnappings and their aftermath are tough to confirm as a result of distant places of many focused faculties and the excessive ranges of insecurity within the North-West.
Zamfara is amongst 4 states which have taken measures corresponding to banning the sale of gas in jerry cans and the transport of firewood by truck in hopes of disrupting gangs touring by motorcycle and tenting in forests.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
