Bandits hold on to 148 Nigerian pupils despite taking ransom
Shoes of abducted boarding school students lie on the floor after 140 boarding students of Bethel Baptist School were kidnapped by gunmen in Kaduna, northwestern Nigeria, on July 5, 2021.
The attackers may have been irked by the enactment of a new law in the State, which prescribes the death penalty for kidnappers, bandits and their informants.
Abuja,
Almost a month after more than 148 pupils in Nigeria’s Niger State were abducted, the criminals have refused to free them despite collecting a ransom of $40,000 (N20 million).
