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Nigerian kidnappers demand R11.6m for release of school hostages - local authorities

The school children, and staff were abducted on 7 March in the town of Kuriga, in Nigeria's northwestern Kaduna State.

Gunmen who kidnapped 286 pupils and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last week have demanded a total of 1 billion naira for their release, a spokesperson for the families of the hostages, and a local councillor, told Reuters. "They made a total of a 1 billion ransom demand for all the pupils, students and staff of the school," Aminu said.

 

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