Gunmen abduct final year student, others returning to school after ASUU strike
Kidnappers have abducted one Suleiman Abdullahi, a final year student of the Geography Department at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto State in northwestern Nigeria.
Abdullahi was kidnapped along the Shinkafi-Sokoto road in Sokoto State while returning to school on Monday, following the suspension of the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
A source close to the family said his relations had been trying to negotiate with his kidnappers to secure his release.
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In a related development, Sahara Reporters reported that suspected herdsmen who kidnapped passengers including students of the University of Nigeria travelling to Nsukka along the Ugwuogo-Nike/Opi/Nsukka Road on Sunday demanded a ransom of N300 million.
A relation of one of the victims told Sahara Reporters last Wednesday evening that the abductors contacted his family and demanded they collectively raise N300 million to secure the release of the abductees.
According to him, the kidnappers were seven in number and allegedly Fulani.
He said the abductors rejected the N500,000 offered as a ransom to secure the release of the students. They instead asked them to start preparing for their burial if “we’ll even see their bodies to bury.”
It is unclear how many people were kidnapped but sources said they were more than 10.
“They are now threatening that they will kill all of them if the money is not complete.”
The medium outlet learnt that some passengers were killed a few metres from the military checkpoint along Ugwuogo-Nike-Opi-Nsukka Road on Sunday.
The passengers were reportedly travelling in five vehicles when they were attacked by the gang and some narrowly escaped.
Many of the passengers were students of the University of Nigeria, who were returning to school following the suspension of the eight-month ASUU strike and the subsequent resumption of academic activities.
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