{"id":8301,"date":"2021-05-29T19:50:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T19:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=8301"},"modified":"2021-05-29T19:59:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T19:59:23","slug":"abduction-14-abducted-greenfield-students-regain-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=8301","title":{"rendered":"Abduction: 14 abducted Greenfield Students\u00a0 Regain Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Abduction: 14 abducted Greenfield\u00a0 University Students\u00a0 Regain Freedom<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Fourteen abducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State have been released.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">They were released on Saturday afternoon at a location along the Kaduna- Abuja highway.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Chairman of the Parents Forum, Markus Zarmai and few others were expected to receive the students at the drop-off location.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Although, the government and police authorities are yet to confirm the development, the parents of the abducted students said that they paid ransom, in addition to providing eight new motorcycles to the kidnappers before they agreed to release their children.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The students were abducted by bandits from their hostels on April 20.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On April 23, the remains of three of the abducted students were found in Kwanan Bature village, a location close to the university.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Kaduna Government reported on April 26 that the kidnappers had killed an additional two students.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">At a meeting held in Kaduna in April, parents of the students appealed to the government and public to help with the N800 million ransom demand from the kidnappers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Kaduna State Government and the Federal Government have discouraged ransom payments to bandits.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement on May 5, President Muhammadu Buhari appealed for \u201cthe release of the students of the Greenfield University.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Channels TV<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abduction: 14 abducted Greenfield\u00a0 University Students\u00a0 Regain Freedom Fourteen abducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State have been released. 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