One bandit in police custody was reportedly freed in exchange for the release of students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna.
The students regained their freedom on Wednesday after spending 55 days in captivity.
According to Daily Trust, after a N15 million ransom was paid, the abductors insisted on the release of a bandit arrested by the police.
The paper reports that the bandit, whose name was given as Laulu, was moved to Kaduna from a police facility in Kano on Tuesday ahead of the students’ release.
The negotiations, the paper…
