Baptist school students’ abductors run out of food, NBC opposes ransom - Punch Newspapers
A top official of the school, who is involved in the negotiation with the bandits, confided in one of our correspondents that the hoodlums called again on Wednesday and stated that they had run out of food.on Wednesday reported that the bandits had contacted the school management and confirmed that they were holding 121 students of the school.
On Tuesday, the Proprietor of the school and President of the Kaduna State Baptist Conference, Rev. Ishaya Jangado, told journalists that the bandits had contacted the school management and confirmed that they were holding 121 students. The source stated, “They have yet to ask for any ransom, but they reiterated their demand for rice, beans, oil and other foodstuffs. They insisted that the foodstuffs must be supplied before any negotiation would start. They also said they had run out of food to feed the 121 students and that the abductees would not be fed if the items were not provided.”Meanwhile, the President, Nigerian Baptist Convention, Rev.
He said, “As a church, we don’t take the position of payment of ransom for innocent children carried away from their school. We don’t think it is the right thing to do and we will not encourage that, that should be done.