{"id":1182,"date":"2021-02-23T15:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T14:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2021-02-23T15:50:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T14:50:44","slug":"we-are-holding-direct-negotiation-with-kagara-schoolboys-abductors-niger-state-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/23\/we-are-holding-direct-negotiation-with-kagara-schoolboys-abductors-niger-state-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"We are holding direct negotiation with Kagara schoolboys&#8217; abductors, Niger state govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Niger State Government has stated that it is\u00a0negotiating directly with the abductors of 27 students of the Government Science College, Kagara, their teachers and family members, for their release.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by the Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Matane during an interview with Thisday.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that unknown bandits\u00a0dressed in Military uniforms stormed the school on February 17, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/22\/shasha-killings-fani-kayode-tackles-lawan-asks-if-northern-blood-is-more-precious-than-southern-blood\/\">killing<\/a> one student and abducting 27 others.<\/p>\n<p>The SSG in an interview said there is no time fixed for the abductees to be released because negotiation is still ongoing with the bandits who abducted them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cIf anyone tells you he knows when the schoolboys will be released that person is lying; it may be today or tomorrow; nobody can say; we are still negotiating.\u201dhe said<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Matane added that during the negotiations, the bandits presented their demands directly to the state government.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the alleged high-handedness of men of the local vigilante was one of the reasons the bandits gave for taking up arms.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cThey said that the vigilante members were killing their people and that government should stop this,\u201d Matane said, adding that the bandits also complained of their neglect in the execution of the agricultural programmes of the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He also said the bandits complained about the destruction of their houses and the killing of their cattle through aerial bombardments by the military, saying that they complained that they had lost their means of livelihood.<\/p>\n<p>He denied reports that a popular Islamic cleric, was involved in the negotiation.<\/p>\n<p>According to Matane, Gumi only prepared the platform for the negotiation but is in no way involved in it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">&#8221;\u201cGumi only prepared the platform for the negotiation. 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