By Abdullahi Alhassan
Greenfield University and Bethel Baptist University students were kidnapped by a group of people who were apprehended by police.
Kidnappers of students from Greenfield University and Bethel Baptist High School were captured across the state on Thursday, according to the Kaduna State Police Command.
Greenfield University and Baptist Bethel High School are both located in the state’s Chikun LGA.
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The command’s spokesman, Mohammed Jalige, said one Usman Mohammed from Bukuyum in Zamfara State was apprehended by operatives of the command in connection with the kidnapping of students from Greenfield University, Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, and Bethel Baptist High School, all in the state, on Thursday at the state’s headquarters.
“On the 29th August 2021 at about 0900hrs, based on credible information, the Operation Yaki Surveillance team with the FIB STS Force Headquarter, Abuja, jointly raided a house along Ring Road, Asikolaye area of Kaduna, where one Usman Abubakar, ‘m’ 41 years old, a native of Adakpa village, Bukkuyum LGA of Zamfara State, a notorious kidnapper terror.
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“He confessed to having kidnapped many people and collected several ransoms; he also has links with recent attacks on Greenfield University, Bethel Baptist Academy and School of Forestry Mechanisation, Mando, Kaduna.”