The attackers released the remaining 14 students kidnapped from Greenfield University in northwestern Nigeria last month.

Officials said the kidnappers have released the remaining 14 students who were captured after being abducted by the University of Northern Nigeria last month.

In the past few months, armed groups have repeatedly attacked schools and universities in northwestern Nigeria, kidnapping more than 700 students for ransom since December. The inability of the security forces to suppress the kidnapping gang led to protests against the perception that the government was doing nothing.

Armed personnel have Swept Greenfield University On April 20, an attack occurred in the northwestern state of Kaduna. They killed 1 person in the raid and murdered 5 of them within a few days after the attack.

The president of Greenfield University, Simeon Nwakacha, told Reuters by phone on Saturday: “14 of the students kidnapped at the university have been released.” He said these 14 were detained. The remaining students.

Kaduna State Security Commissioner Samuel Aruwan (Samuel Aruwan) said in a statement that at around 2 pm local time (13:00 GMT) on Saturday, 14 people taken from the university were taken away from the university. Released and was found on the road to Kaduna and the capital Abuja.

It is not clear whether the hostages were released in exchange for a ransom.

Kidnapping for ransom is common in many parts of Nigeria. Businessmen, officials and citizens are robbed from the streets by criminals seeking ransom.

The group is largely driven by economic motives and has no known ideological tendencies. But what is worrying is that they are being infiltrated by insurgent groups.

According to SB Morgen, a Lagos-based geopolitical research and consulting company, between January 2016 and March 2020, at least $11 million was paid to the kidnappers.

President Muhammadu Buhari in February urged state governments to review their policy of “rewarding bandits with money and vehicles”.