from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, NigeriaNigeria BureauABUJA, (CAJ News) – AT least 28 children have escaped captivity following a mass kidnapping in northern Nigeria last Thursday. The courageous minors are among hundreds of individuals abducted by a group of unidentified gunmen in the Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. There are conflicting reports on the number of persons who were kidnapped, estimated at around 300 individuals, mostly children. However, Kaduna is one of a number of Nigerian states suffering unrest by kidnap for ransom gangs or Islamist insurgents. At least 26 people were injured and 22 kidnapped during the clashes in the Gwer East Local Government Area.
