Kidnappers in Nigeria killed Three Students
An unspecified number of students were kidnapped from the privately-owned Greenfield University in the Chikun area of the state. Three students, who were among those abducted from a university in Nigeria’s Kaduna state on Tuesday, have been found shot dead, authorities say. Their corpses were found on Friday in Kwanan Bature village, close to the university and taken to the morgue. Nigerian kidnappers rarely kill students they abduct.
Unlike some neighbouring states, the Kaduna state government has a policy of not negotiating with abductors or paying a ransom. Governor Nasir el-Rufai instead wants kidnappers arrested and prosecuted. Mr El-Rufai described the killing as “sheer wickedness, inhumanity and an outright desecration of human lives by vile entities”.
“The armed bandits represent the worst of humankind and must be fought at all cost for the violent wickedness they represent,” he said in a statement. Since December, more than 800 students have been abducted from across northwest Nigeria, but 29 abducted from a college in Kaduna in March have not been released.
Their parents protested against the decision of the governor not to negotiate with the kidnappers and had indicated their willingness to pay a ransom. Mass kidnappings of students for ransom payments have been increasing in Nigeria, with authorities struggling to cope with poor security infrastructure. Most states in the northwest have shut down schools to allow authorities to come up with a solution to the crisis.
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