Abductors of the students of Government Science Secondary School, (GSS) Kankara, in Katsina State are asking for N250million ransom before they will set free their victims, an official of the school has told Dateline Nigeria.
The official, who does not want to be named because he is not authorized to brief the press on the matter, said the demand was made on Sunday, two days after the children were taken from their school hostel.
Recall that over 300 students are still missing and are presumed to be held in the bush by their abductors.
The school official official did not disclose who the bandits contacted, or if the ransom was going to be paid.
The Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari was reported to have inforned President Muhammadu Buhari that they had established contact with the abductors and that discussions were on pertaining to the safety and return of the children. But he did not speak about random demand.
The governor who briefed Buhari yesterday, said they was progress and with a posituve outlook. A statement by the president’s senior special assistant, Malam Garba Shehu, said Masari was accompanied his deputy, Mannir Yakubu.
Security sources disclosed that an additonal 15 students have been rescued by the military on Monday and handed over to the Police.
