A general view of the gate of the Greenfield University in Kaduna, Nigeria, on April 21, 2021. - Gunmen have attacked a private university in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state, killing one staff member and kidnapping some students, police and officials said on April 21, 2021. It was not immediately clear how many students had been abducted from Greenfield University during the April 20, 2021 attack at night and one official said they were still conducting a headcount. (Photo by NASU BORI / AFP) (Photo by NASU BORI/AFP via Getty Images)
The 16 abducted students and staff of Greenfield University, Kaduna State have been regained their freedom.
The freed people are made up of 13 students and three members of staff of the university.
They were reunited with their families at a hotel around Command Junction in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna.
The students were said to look unkempt and sick.
The parents elated to see their children said they paid N180m to secure the release of the students.
Bandits had invaded the Greenfield University campus at Kasarami village along Kaduna-Abuja highway on April 20 and abducted the students and staff members.
The kidnappers had shortly after the abduction killed five of the students after the parents, school management and government failed to raise the N800m ransom demanded.
The parents of the students expressed anger on Saturday as they were reunited with their children, saying that government failed them.
Some of the parents said they sold their property to pay ransom for their children’s release.
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