Gunmen Release Abducted Students, Staff Of Kaduna Poly

After 28 days in captivity, six students and two members of staff of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna state, who were kidnapped by gunmen, has regained

According to Channels Television, they were released on Thursday night.

The victims were kidnapped by the gunmen on June 11 when they invaded the main campus better known as “UPE” and kidnapping six students and staff.

A student died during the attack.

The campus is located along an expressway just at the entrance of Zaria and it is less than 45 minutes’ drive to Kaduna metropolis.

The students and staff regained their freedom after a Ransom was negotiated, the media outfits quoted Abdullahi Shehu, public relations of the polytechnic, to have said.

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Shehu, however, did not divulge how much was paid as ransom but he said the school management will receive them at an undisclosed location where they will be kept until they are reunited with their families.

Kaduna has recorded a spike in the abduction of residents in recent times.

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