Father Of One Of 39 Abducted Kaduna Students Dies Of Heart Attack

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From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat’s Abuja Bureau)

Mr. Ibrahim Shamaki, father of Fatima Shamaki, one of the 39 students carted away from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Kaduna State is dead.

According to family sources, late Shamaki died of a heart attack after he fell ill shortly after the news of his daughter’s abduction was broken to him.

He was said to have later died on Friday evening while his relatives were about to take him to a hospital for further medical treatment.

The news of Ibrahim’s death broke hours after the state government met with representatives of the grieving parents of the missing students at the Government House in the state capital.

This comes as Fatima Shamaki and the other abducted students prepare to spend their 15th night in the captivity of the bandits

Recall that unknown gunmen had on March 12, attacked the College in Kaduna State to cart away the students.

The military had said it promptly responded to the attack as troops of Quick Response Force of 1 Division of the Nigerian Army mobilised to prevent the bandits from kidnapping the staff and students of the school.

However, a total of 180 people were rescued, comprising 132 male students, 40 female students, and eight civilian staff.

The rescued students and staff were later evacuated to a safe place while those who were injured were taken to a military facility for medical attention.

Despite the swift response of the soldiers, the bandits kidnapped 39 people, including 23 female and 16 male students.

Also, a day after the incident, the bandits released a video in which the abducted students were seen being beaten as they pleaded with the government to rescue them.

However, while the parents of the missing students called for their release, the state government has ruled out the option of negotiating with bandits.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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