Police in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, have announced that two more abducted students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School have escaped from their abductors.
It will be recalled that Insurgents kidnapped more than a hundred students of Bethel Baptist School located in Maraban Rido, Chikun Local Government Area of the state on Monday, July 5, 2021.
Mohammed Jalige, police spokesperson in the state, said in a statement made available to newsmen that the escapees were sighted looking distraught around Rijana community along Kaduna – Abuja highway by a passerby who immediately reported to the police.
According to Jalige, the students were identified as Emmanuel Mangwai, 20, Mathias Mangwai, 16, and had escaped their captors while on a daily task to fetch firewood from the nearby forest where they were held hostage.
“They, however, decided to take the opportunity of not being monitored and escaped to the Rijana community along Kaduna – Abuja highway,” Jalige said in the statement.
According to him, the rescued students were taken to Police Clinic Kaduna for medical checkup before they would be reunited with their families.
Credit: Eons Intelligence
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