Nigerian police have announced that they have arrested two men suspected of being responsible for the high-profile kidnapping of about 20 students in April 2021 in northwest Nigeria, five of whom were killed.
They both confessed to kidnapping students from Greenfield University in Kaduna state and killing five students before paying a ransom and releasing the remaining students.Police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adegobe said in a statement late Wednesday.
Aminu Lawal, the two suspects, said:Kano“The Murtala Dao”MuglaMr Adejobi, who did not specify when, where and how they were arrested, added, “Those involved in many of the kidnappings cases will be brought to justice at the end of the investigation.
In April 2021, armed men stormed Greenfield University in Kaduna, kidnapped about 20 students and killed an employee.
A few days after the attack, the kidnappers executed five hostages to force families and authorities to pay a ransom that was later obtained.
The remaining 14 students were later released after 40 days in captivity.
Armed criminal gangsBanditsAttacks doubled in northwest and central Nigeria, many villagers looted, kidnapped and killed.
in the last year ,Bandits“Schools and universities have been particularly targeted to kidnap students en masse for ransom from their parents and the authorities.
In all, about 1,500 students were kidnapped by armed men in 2021, according to UNICEF. And while most of the young hostages have since been released for ransom, some are still being held in the woods, in the hideouts of armed groups.
In addition to fighting the bandits, the Nigerian military is deployed on multiple fronts, particularly in the northeast, which has been plagued by a jihadist insurgency for more than 10 years, and in the southeast, where separatist tensions persist.
