The total number of students being held by bandits has increased to 348 with the latest abduction of 121 students in Kaduna State. Ishaya Jangado, in an interview with journalists on Tuesday, said the bandits had called the school management and said they were holding 121 students. But hoodlums, who abducted eight students and two workers of the Kaduna State-owned Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, Zaria on June 10, had not released them. “You know that a state governor has limitations in directing all the federal security agencies because they are responsible to their heads and not the state governor. ACF lashes out FG, says it’s not proactiveCommenting on the fate of the students, the ACF expressed concern about their stay in captivity.

Source: Punch July 07, 2021 00:22 UTC