GIFT ROBERTS
No fewer than three of the abducted students of Greenfield University, Kasarami Kaduna, have been found dead.
It was gathered that they were shot dead by bandits who kidnapped them. The development came after the criminals contacted family members of the kidnapped students and demanded a ransom of N800 million for their release.
Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirming the information, said their remains were found on Friday at a location close to the University, in Kwanan Bature village.
Recalled that Bandits kidnapped an unspecified number of students at the institution located at Kasarami village off Kaduna-Abuja Road in Chikun Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday night.
Aruwan said the remains of the students had been evacuated to a mortuary by himself and Force Commander, Operation Thunder Strike, Lt. Col. MH Abdullahi.
“In an act of mindless evil and sheer wickedness, the armed bandits who kidnapped students of Greenfield University have shot dead three of the abducted students.
“The remains of three students were found today (Friday), in Kwanan Bature village, a location close to the university and have been evacuated to a mortuary by the Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, and Force Commander, Operation Thunder Strike, Lt. Col. MH Abdullahi.”