No ransom was paid to release 137 Kaduna kidnapped children, FEC reveals

Kunle Sanni

The Federal Government said no ransom was paid to free the 137 kidnapped pupils in the Kuriga hamlet of Chikun LGA in Kaduna state.

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris,  said this on Monday to State House correspondents in Abuja after the conclusion of the Federal Executive Council, (FEC) meeting.

Idris stated that the federal government would not pay a ransom to gain the return of abducted victims.

The Kaduna State Government had announced that the 287 school children who were kidnapped from Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area in Kaduna State were released on Sunday.

According to the state government, the children were abducted on March 7, from LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School in Kuriga.