Two and a half weeks after their abduction, more than two hundred children and staff from a Nigerian school have been released unharmed, according to authorities.
The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of approximately 640,000 euros. The government refused to pay.
The children and school staff were kidnapped by unknown gunmen on March 7 in a remote town in northwestern Nigeria. Now we could breathe a sigh of relief: the children were unharmed, according to the Kaduna State governor’s office. The coordinator was the National Security Advisor. The Nigerian Army must also be thanked.
It was the first mass kidnapping in Africa’s most populous country since 2021. At that time, 150 schoolchildren were kidnapped. Ten years ago, the Islamist group Boko Haram began attacking schools and kidnapping children.
Children kidnapped to extort ransoms
Kidnappings of individuals or small groups occur almost daily in Nigeria, especially in the north of the country. Behind this are criminal gangs who want to extort ransoms. Family members often have to sacrifice their savings or sell land and livestock to raise the amount.
Source: Krone
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