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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The bandits who kidnapped 16 students of a Qur\u2019anic school in Sokoto State have demanded a N20 million ransom.<\/p>\n

The proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar, made this known to newsmen on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Abubakar said: \u201cI received two calls from them this morning (Tuesday). In the first call, they asked me whether I don\u2019t care about the plight of my students, and that was why I didn\u2019t contact them. I told them I didn\u2019t have their contact.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey then asked me to wait for another call around 11 am. Some minutes after 11 am, they called again and directed me to meet our village head and tell him to raise N20 million for the children.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to plead with them but they said they would not reduce anything from the money. I went and discussed the matter with the village head but we are yet to reach a conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The students were abducted at Gidan Bakuso in Gada Local Government Area of the state last Saturday while fleeing into their rooms to escape the attack on the community.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The bandits who kidnapped 16 students of a Qur\u2019anic school in Sokoto State have demanded a N20 million ransom. The proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar, made this known to newsmen on Tuesday. Abubakar said: \u201cI received two calls from them this morning (Tuesday). 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