Bandits Release Bethel School Students 20 Days After Abduction

After 20 days of abduction, some students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna, regained freedom.

The students, 121 in total, were kidnapped from their hostels by the gunmen on July 5.

Green White Green (GWG) had earlier reported that one of the students was rescued by the Police Command in Kaduna State on July 12.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige who confirmed the rescue stated, “On July 12, at about 1540hrs, operatives of the command, alongside Civilian JTF on routine rescue patrol around the forest of Tsohon Gaya village, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State, stumbled on three kidnapped victims roaming the bush, extremely exhausted and weak,” he said.

Jalige added that during the course of investigation, it was discovered that two of the victims were recently kidnapped on Kaduna-Kachia Road, while the remaining one was one of the students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kujama, kidnapped on July 5.

Also, on July 23, GWG reported two of the students to have escaped after the bandits asked them to fetch wood from a neighbouring village.

Jalige said that on Wednesday at about 3.30 am, the Command was informed by a good samaritan that two of the Bethel school students were sighted and believed to have escaped from their captors.

He said a report was lodged with the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Rijana, who got hold of the students, after which investigation confirmed they were victims of the bandits.

The remaining students were confirmed by Joseph Hayab, Kaduna state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN), to have been released, although he was unable to ascertain the total number of the released students.

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