Kaduna Insecurity: Kidnappers, Boko Haram Working Together For Ransom - El-Rufai - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 5, 2019
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kadunastate has said that intelligence report showed that kidnappers are nowcollaborating with some elements of Boko Haram to abduct people for ransom,just hours after gunmen kidnaped six girls and two staff members from aboarding school in Kaduna.
El-Rufai who made this known whilespeaking with State House Correspondents after Juma’at prayers at the StateHouse Mosque, explained that intelligence showed that schools in the state werethe primary targets of the bandits.
He further said that the kidnappershave demanded for ransom but he declined to make public the amount mentioned.
El-Rufai explained that stategovernment has made sufficient provisions to beef-up security in state schools,adding that the kidnappers of the students and teachers succeeded because theschool was in a remote place. He assured that following the efforts ofgovernment with the security agencies, the students would soon be released.