LAGOS: More than a fortnight after their violence, 20 Nigerian medical students who had been abducted while attending a convention were released, according to police, who said on Saturday.
Gunmen seized the 20 on August 15 as they travelled to a convention in Benue position, in the centre of the country, and afterwards demanded a compensation, authorities said.
State police confirmed the launch of the 20 students from the University of Maiduguri and Jos in a statement from the state authorities.
Although no information on how the kids were freed, the nation’s police captain had this week set up a “tactical club” in Benue as part of attempts to locate the most recent victims of a growing wave of abductions in Africa’s most populous nation.
Fortune Olaye, director standard of the NIMSA nationwide medical students organization, confirmed the transfer to AFP. ” We’ve spoken to them on the phone. They are safe”, Olaye said.
Although there are several reliable statistics in Nigeria, thousands of people are kidnapped for ransom each year. The Nigerian firm, SBM Intelligence, said it had recorded 4, 777 robberies in the country between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu taking strength in May 2023 and January 2024.
