{"id":14771,"date":"2019-08-28T16:48:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T16:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=14771"},"modified":"2019-08-28T16:48:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T16:48:50","slug":"shehu-sani-reacts-as-kidnappers-abduct-law-students-on-kaduna-abuja-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/shehu-sani-reacts-as-kidnappers-abduct-law-students-on-kaduna-abuja-road","title":{"rendered":"Shehu Sani reacts as kidnappers abduct Law students on Kaduna-Abuja road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shehu_Sani\">Senator Shehu Sani<\/a>, the former lawmaker representing <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaduna\">Kaduna<\/a> Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has reacted to the recent abduction of Law students by kidnappers on the Kaduna-<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abuja\">Abuja<\/a> expressway.<\/p>\n<p>three final-year law students of Ahmadu Bello University, ABU Zaria have been abducted.<\/p>\n<p>They were seized on the notorious Kaduna-Abuja expressway Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A source disclosed to PRNigeria that the names of the undergraduates are: Fatima from Taraba, Maryam from Niger and Umar from Katsina States respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The source said: \u201cThe three abducted students are all 500-Level law students of ABU Zaria. We learn that the kidnappers initially demanded for N50m ransom each but later reduced to N5m because they are students who are yet to be working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A passenger, who escaped during the encounter with the kidnappers, told PRNigeria that the abductors attacked commercial vehicles and big trucks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am surprised that unlike their previous antics of attacking rich and big people in exotic cars, the kidnappers now attack commercial vehicles, trucks and buses and abducted their poor drivers and passengers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI shed tears when I noticed corpses of some victims littered on the road after the brutal abduction incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome top public functionaries with armed convoy who came later refused to stop when crying women sought for help and protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Sani, in a tweet on Tuesday, called on security agencies to do everything possible to secure the student\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe Killings and Kidnapping of students and others along Kaduna Abuja road yesterday is tragic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy thoughts and prayers for the victims and their families. I call on security agencies to double or triple efforts to secure their release.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Shehu Sani, the former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has reacted to the recent abduction of Law students by kidnappers on the Kaduna-Abuja expressway. three final-year law students of Ahmadu Bello University, ABU Zaria have been abducted. They were seized on the notorious Kaduna-Abuja expressway Tuesday afternoon. 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