Dan’asabe Ubaidu, Principal of the Government Science College, Kagara in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State has explained how 27 students and 15 others were abducted by armed bandits
He gave the insight into the incident when Governor of Niger state, Sani Bello visited the school on Wednesday.
According to him about 600 boys were asleep in their dormitories when the school was raided by the gunmen around 2.am
Ubaidu said that the 15 abducted were staff of the college and their relatives
comprising of four male, four female and seven children.
Ubaidu however commended the efforts of the state and federal governments towards ensuring safe release of the victims
Governor Bello consoled the family of the student that was killed during the invasion by the bandits while assuring the relatives of the kidnapped victims of their safe return as government is on top of the issue.
“Our priority right away is to get the kidnapped students and 15 others, as well as the NSTA abducted victims unharmed”, he said.
He said they won’t pay ransom to secure the freedom of the abducted victims, payment of Ransome is not part of the state government’s policy as obliging to the bandits demands will only but empower them with the resources to purchase more arms.
