Kidnapped Kaduna student released by abductors after two-year captivity

In July 2021, bandits abducted 121 students from Bethel Baptist High School in Maraban Damishi village, located in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Among them was Treasure.

After being held captive for two years and four months, the final victim of the kidnapping at the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State Treasure Ayuba was freed by his captors.

In July 2021, bandits abducted 121 students from Bethel Baptist High School in Maraban Damishi village, located in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Among them was Treasure.

The student was believed to have been released on Friday and had already been reunited with his family.

Uba Sani, the governor of Kaduna State, has already expressed gratitude for being liberated from the kidnappers.

Governor Sani thanked God for his heavenly intervention and also thanked the individuals and organisations that have been persistent in their efforts and prayers to guarantee the safe return of the kidnappee.

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Additionally, the governor pledged that the Kaduna State Government will keep providing security agencies with the resources they need to protect the state’s schools.

Several states in North-West and Central Nigeria, including Kaduna, are plagued by bandits who invade villages, murder or kidnap locals, and then set fire to the properties they have looted.

From camps in a large forest that crosses the states of Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, and Niger, the gangs conduct their attacks.

Families that are unable to provide the ransom can have their loved ones killed and their remains disposed of in the forest. Hostages are typically freed after their ransom is paid.

Over the past two years, there have been numerous school abductions throughout the region, notably Kaduna, that resulted in the kidnapping of hundreds of pupils.

After receiving payment, nearly all of the students who had been held captive for weeks or months were set free. It was unclear, though, if Treasure’s release was paid for.