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Kaduna abduction: Bandits demand foodstuffs to feed victims
By Modupe Shodeinde
Bandits, who abducted some students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, located in Chikun Local Government Area of the state, have reached out to the management of the institution to demand foodstuffs.
The PUNCH reports that the hoodlums asked for food items such as rice, beans, seasoning and oil to feed the students.
According to an official in the school, the bandits said 121 students of the school were in their custody.
This was confirmed when the bandits called on Tuesday and allowed two senior students, a boy and a girl, to speak to a top official of the school.
It was gathered that the senior students confirmed that there were 121 of them with the bandits.
The proprietor of the school, who is also the President, Kaduna Baptist Conference, Rev Ishaya Jangado, also confirmed that 121 students were being held by the bandits.
He said 28 students were “recovered” on Monday after the bandits attacked the school.
He explained that the total number of students in the boarding house was 154 and that 28 were recovered, while 121 were in the bandits’ custody. He, however, did not provide any explanation on the remaining five students.
He said, “For now, we know that we have 154 students in the school hostel and yesterday (Monday) after the exchange of fire between the soldiers and the bandits, we came to the school and recovered 28 students; some of them were hit in many places. In the course of being taken away, some of them escaped and they came back to the school.
“So, the total number of students we recovered yesterday (Monday) was 28 and today (Tuesday), by the grace of God, we got a call from the bandits and they assured us that our children are well and doing okay.
“In fact, we had the privilege of speaking with a few of them. They counted themselves in the jungle and they gave us information that they were 121, and when we put the number together with what we have recovered, we discovered that the number is exactly the same as the number of students we have in the hostel.”
