Nigerian authorities feared the involvement of Boko Haram – Islamist Terrorist Group, but the Governor of Nigeria said that some local bandits had kidnapped the children.
Key points:
1. 344 kidnapped children rescued by the Nigerian Army.
2. Last week, abducted kids stated the kidnappers’ demands of chucking out “western education”, in a video.
3. Rumors of Boko Haram’s involvement in abductions, quashed by Nigerian Governor.
Over 300 kids rescued in Nigeria, after being kidnapped last week:
Hundreds of schoolboys who had been kidnapped ultimate week in northwestern Nigeria were freed, in step with a country official. More than three hundred schoolboys had been lacking for almost a week, after an assault at the Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina State. Abdu Labaran, a spokesman for country governor Aminu Bello Masari, stated that the Nigerian army overdue on Thursday rescued 344 of them, who’s being delivered to the country’s capital.
Bandits masquerading as Boko Haram had abducted children in Nigeria:
Boko Haram became now no longer involved; he added, however as an alternative the men had been abducted via way of means of bandits masquerading because of the Islamist terrorist group. Some of the kidnapped kids had addressed the Nigerian authorities in a video launched in advance on Thursday, which bore the brand of Boko Haram.
Abductors wanted schools in Nigeria to stop teaching Western education:
In the video, a certain boy in a white blouse seems to be coaxed via way of means of a person off-digital digicam into making the needs on behalf of the captors. He asks the Nigerian authorities to shut down faculties that teach “western education” and says authorities troops dispatched to locate the men have to retreat. The video suggests dozens of kids beneath neath a tree, who seem tired. The voice withinside the video claims to be Abubakar Shekau, a pacesetter of certainly considered one among Boko Haram‘s factions.
Kidnappers mimicked Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau:
Masari showed to the media on Thursday that the kids withinside the video are a number of the scholars who had been abducted. However, he disputed the voice claiming to be Shekau and stated as a substitute that “neighborhood bandits” had been “mimicking” his speech.
