JUST IN: 15 More Abducted Bethel School Students Regain Freedom

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No fewer than fifteen abducted students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state have regained their freedom.

According to Channels TV source in the school, the 15 students were released on Sunday after a ransom was paid to the bandits.

Meanwhile, the reported added that the government or security agencies are yet to confirm the development.

It would be recalled that bandits suspected to be kidnappers had on July 5 attacked the school and took away 121 students from their hostels.

The bandits released 28 of them on July 25, after a ransom was allegedly paid to the kidnappers. The rest managed to escape from the captors between July 22 and August 3.

The release of the 15 students brings the total number of those freed so far to 56 while 65 others are still in captivity.

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