Nigeria: Bandits release 15 students after parents pay ransom

The students were among more than 100 taken on July 5 from the Bethel Baptist High School in northwest Nigeria.

Bandits have released 15 more students kidnapped last month from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria, officials said. School administrator Reverend John Hayab told Reuters news agency on Sunday that parents had raised and paid an undisclosed ransom to free the students, who were among more than 100 taken on July 5 from the Bethel Baptist High School. “The students are already being released and would be handed over to their parents any moment from now,” Hayab said.