The past few days have seen a series of kidnapping incidents at educational institutions in Kaduna and some other States north of Nigeria. On Thursday, March 11, several students were kidnapped by bandits from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. With the Nigerian army reported to have rescued 180 persons, 39 students are still missing. On the heels of this development, came the abduction of pupils and teachers from UBE Primary School in Rama village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Monday, March 15. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incidence\nof abductions in schools across several northern States is raising concern, as\nit would appear that the terrorist group, Boko Haram now actually has the\nmeaning of its name playing out \u2013 \u201cBook is Forbidden.\u201d Bandits, kidnappers and\ncriminal elements appear to have escalated the enterprise of kidnapping to\nindustrial levels. It started with State governments negotiating earlier kidnap incidents by these\nbandits and making ransom payments for release of victims. From Katsina, to\nNiger to Kaduna to Zamfara and many more States, government revenues meant for\ndevelopment are now being channeled to pay ransoms to armed bandits who now\nsmile to the bank with incredible loot. Indeed, it is even unclear the extent\nof these payments and unverified what sums are paid to the bandits and what\nsums are kept back by government kidnap negotiators. The President has asked\ngovernors to stop paying ransom to the bandits. Indeed, the government of\nKaduna State has outrightly stated that it will not pay ransom to the bandits.\nIt is certainly clear that if the business of kidnap becomes unprofitable for\nthe bandits, the trend will halt. The country waits. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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