Troops Free Five Kidnapped Kaduna Students

Five students College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna out of the 39  abducted by bandits have regain their freedom.

Troops of I Division, FCC, Nigerian Army has said it rescued five of the students on March 11.

Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima the  Director, Army Public Relations, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, NAN reports.

Yerima gave the names of the rescued students as Abubakar Yakubu, Francis Paul, Obadiya Habakkuk, Amina Yusuf and Maryam Danladi.

He said the rescued students are currently receiving medical attention in a military facility in Kaduna.

According to him, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) I Division, Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen Danjuma Alli-Keffi, has commended the troops for their effort.

“He charged them not to rest on their oars until all kidnapped victims are rescued and returned to their families,” he said.