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Two abducted Bethel Baptist Secondary School students rescued

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Sixteen days after they were abducted from their school, two more students of Bethel Baptist Secondary school in Kaduna State have been rescued by the police.

Last week one of the students was released by the bandits on health ground, making it three students that have been freed out of the 121 students abducted by the bandits on July 5, 2021.

Reports said the students were rescued on Wednesday evening by police operatives in Rijanna area along the Kaduna-Abuja highway.

Spokesperson, Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jalige, told Channels Television that the two abducted students have been taken to a police medical facility where they are currently undergoing medical examination.

The bandits have told the parents of the students to pay N60 million ransom to get all the students released.

The students were abducted by the bandits at the premises of the school and taken into the forest.

The bandits at one time demanded for scores of bags of rice and other food stuffs to feed the kidnapped students.

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