Freed Afaka Student Contradicts Nigerian Army, Said Terrorists Released Us On Their Own Volition,

 

One of the freed abducted student of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization,Afaka Mando, Kaduna State has narrated how they were released from captivity by their abductors.

Speaking with Daily Trust shortly after the freed victims were reunited with their families on Wednessday, Francis Paul, a 200 Level Student of Agriculture Technology at the institution said the bandits released them voluntarily.

In his words :

"One afternoon, they (the bandits) came and started selecting us....i was very ill that day.So, thaey asked me to sit aside and they added some girls and put us on motorbikes. They dropped us at a village close to the main road and said we should walk towards the road and we did"

The news of the release of the the victims was first made public by The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs,Samuel Aruwa he however didnt give details of their release.

The Nigerian army had earlier claimed that its troops recovered five of the students who were over three-weeks-long in captivity.

"The Nigerian military has informed the Kaduna State Government that fnive of the many kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka , Kaduna wre recovered this afternoon and are presently in a military facility where they arte undergoing a thorough medical check-up" - Samuel Aruwa

However ,on Tuesday,Brig Gen. Yerima Mohammed,the Army Spokesperson showered encomiums on the troops over the recovered students while he unveiled their identities.

In his words:

"The rescued students are currently receiving medical attention in a military facility in Kaduna. The GOC 1 Division, Maj Gen DH Ali-Keffi has commended the troops for their effort and charged  them not to rest on their oars until all kidnap victims are rescued to their families"

Giving the impression that they were rescued by the troops!

Source : WarDeskNews