The terrorists demanded N20m each to release the abductees.
College of Health Technology, Tsafe and their sisters who were returning from a colleague’s wedding on Sunday.
The Provost of the College, Yusuf Maradun, also confirmed the abduction when contacted by this reporter. He, however, said the abduction did not happen in the school and the family of the victims have not informed the school about the abduction. “Yes, we heard from some of their friends that they went to Birnin Magaji for one of their friend’s wedding who is also our student. It was on their way to Kaura Namoda for onward journey to their various towns since the school is still on vacation that the terrorists abducted them,” said a lecturer at the College, who asked not to be named for security reasons.
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