A parent of one of the abducted students of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic recently released by bandits has come out to say a ransom has been paid to secure the release of the students. Gunmen attacked the main campus of the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Kaduna on June 11 and took students and staff members, in the process killing one student. Kidnappings by armed men, commonly referred to in Nigeria as “bandits”, have become worst in northern Nigeria, disrupting the education of hundreds of thousands of children. After the students and staff member...