Another Batch Of 28 Abducted Bethel Baptist College Students Released

Twenty-eight students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, were released on Sunday after spending 20 days in bandits’ den.

Those who regained their freedom were among the 121 students who were abducted when bandits invaded the school on July 5.

The bandits released the students after collecting 50 million naira as ransom.

It was gathered that the bandits demanded N60m ransom, but N50m was raised by the school and some parents who contributed what they could afford.

Some parents, whose children were not released, were anxious over their safety.

On Friday, there were reports that the bandits contacted the management of the school and demanded more food items.

Also on Friday, the NBC had contacted some of its chapters to raise the ransom demanded by the bandits.

The President of the NBC, Rev Israel Akanji, had, in an interview said, “We have been boxed in; we have been given no option but to look for ways to rescue the children.”

But contrary to the claim of those who said the bandits were given N50m, Akanji in an interview with journalists on Sunday said no ransom was paid by the church.

While addressing the parents, some of whom arrived at the school as early as 7am, the Proprietor of the school, who is also the President of the Kaduna Baptist Conference, Rev. Ishaya Jangado, said the bandits stated that they would release the abducted students in batches.