By our reporter/ The police on Thursday paraded three persons for their alleged involvement in the abduction of the 121 students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Kaduna State earlier in the year.
Those apprehended by the security operatives are Adamu Bello, Isiaku Lawal, and Muazu Abubakar.
Clad in military uniform, Adamu, Lawal, and Abubakar were among the 50 suspects paraded for kidnapping, drugs use and distribution, and arms dealing, among other offences.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, who paraded the suspects at the office of the Special Tactical Squad (STS) in Abuja, explained that arrest were part of the successes recorded from the STS of the Nigeria Police.
According to him, investigations are ongoing to bring more collaborators of the crimes to justice.
In their confession, the suspects narrated the role they played in the kidnap of dozens of students from their school in Chikun Local Government Area of the state.
According to them, they were part of a 25-man gang that carried out the attack on the school in July, claiming that they received the sum of N100,000 naira each for their roles.
They added that the sole aim of the kidnap was to collect ransom.
The arrests came more than three months after the gunmen forcefully abducted the students from their hostels on July 5.
They were later released in batches – as 28 of them were freed on July 25 after a ransom was reportedly paid to their abductors.
More students were later freed, and the latest set of students to be released were 10 (on Saturday) brings the total number of students who have regained freedom so far to 100.
However, 21 other students of the school are still in the custody of the bandits.
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