Parents Relive Gritty Details Of Twists, Turns Of Negotiations For Release Of Afaka Students
By J uliet Oyoyo Chief Olusegun Obasanjo 77 Share KADUNA – The release of the remaining twenty-seven students of the College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, by their abductors came at a great price. Going by the narratives by the student’s parents students, the labour of negotiations through several weeks was an epic drama mounted on the human emotions and acted by archetypal forces. But then, it ended like a long-endured nightmare, thanks to the intervention of former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, alongside prominent Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi. The bandits released the students to the warm embrace of their parents and guardians on Wednesday, May 5, after 55 horrific days in hellhole. Given the circumstances of their release, some Nigerians have been wondering if ransom was not paid to their abductors. But, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Kaduna Command of the Nigerian Police, DSP Moham...