Students Abducted from Baptist school regain freedom in Kaduna

The remaining abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna have been released by bandits.

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The students were kidnapped in the Early hours of July 5, 2021, around 2am at the school premises along the Kaduna – Kachia Highway, Damishi, Chikun Local Government Area of the state.

They had spent twenty days in the kidnappers’ den.

Three of the students were reported to have escaped from the bandits, 118 students were still with the bandits with a ransom of N60million dangling on their heads.

According a report, the students were found inside the Tsoho Gaya Forest in Chikun Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Sunday.

It is not clear whether the bandits released them for ransom or they were rescued by security operatives or escaped by themselves.

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Three of the students were rescued by police operatives some days ago at a location also in Chikun Local Government Area and were later taken to a police medical facility for medical checks.

121 students of Bethel Baptist secondary school in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state were abducted from their hotels by bandits on July 8.

The bandits later demanded a ransom of ₦60 ransom for the release of the students.

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