The Federal Government has disclosed that no ransom was paid for the release of the kidnapped schoolchildren from Kuriga village in Kaduna State.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed this to State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Monday, March 25.
Idris said: “As promised by Mr. President, they have been rescued. No ransom was paid.”
The minister expressed President Tinubu’s gratitude to the National Security Adviser, NSA; Service Chiefs, and all those who played crucial roles in securing the students’ release.
Recall that the President Tinubu had vowed that the Federal Government would not pay any ransom to secure the release of abducted school children.
