Two kidnapped secondary school pupils in Kebbi State have escaped from their abductors.
The two, a male and a female, were among the dozens of people recently kidnapped from the Federal Government College (FGC), Yauri, in Kebbi State.
The bandits had shot security personnel during an exchange of gunfire and went away with some pupils and staff members of the school, on June 17. The exact number of kidnapped persons is yet to be verified.
The two pupils were found wandering, on Saturday, in Dansadau forest in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
A chief of the Dansadau emirate confirmed the development on Sunday morning. He asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak to journalists on the matter.
Other local sources said that the pupils were found around the Dansadau forest and brought to the police station by locals around 5 p.m. Saturday.
The police commissioner in Zamfara, Hussaini Rabiu, confirmed that the pupils were found wandering in a bush in Dansadau but said they were rescued by the police.
He said the pupils were specifically picked at Babbar Doka village of the Dansadau Emirate and that they were among the many abducted from Federal Government College, Yauri, in Kebbi State.
He identified them as Maryam Abdulkarim, 15, and Farouk Buhari, 17, from Wushishi LGA of Niger State and Wara in Kebbi State respectively.
“The victims were taken to the hospital for medical checks, and they have been debriefed at the Police Command Headquarters, Gusau. The victims will be handed over to the Kebbi state Government through the Kebbi State Police Command,” the commissioner said.
Kidnapping for ransom has become commonplace in Kebbi, Zamfara and many other states in the North-west and North-central parts of Nigeria.
Premium Times
