The police command in Kaduna on Thursday confirmed the escape of two of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in the Chikun local government area.

The police spokesman in Kaduna, Mohammed Jalige, said that information reached the command about the students’ escape on Wednesday.

Bandits had invaded the school and kidnapped an unspecified number of students in the early hour of June 5.

Mr Jalige said on Wednesday at about 3.30 a.m., a good Samaritan informed the command that two students of the school were sighted and believed to have escaped from their captors.

He further disclosed that a report was lodged with the divisional police officer Rijana, who got hold of the students, and police investigation confirmed they were among the students kidnapped by the bandits.

”The students said that on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at about 6:00 p.m., they were tasked by their captors to go and fetch firewood from the nearby forest where they were held hostage.

”They, however, decided to take the opportunity of not being monitored and escape to the Rijana community along Kaduna-Abuja highway.

”The two boys are currently undergoing medical examination at police medical facility before reuniting them with their family, while tactical approach is being intensified to secure the release of the remaining students,” Mr Jalige explained.

In another development, the command’s spokesperson also disclosed that a mob lynched two armed men on Wednesday in the Kakuri area of Kaduna metropolis.

He reiterated the call of the command on the people of the state to avoid taking laws into their hands but should instead report suspicious characters to the appropriate authorities.

(NAN)