Nigerian leader rules out ransoms for abducted students as observers urge dialogue
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Children play at the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga where students were kidnapped in Kuriga, Kaduna state, Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. The kidnapping on Thursday was only one of three mass kidnappings in northern Nigeria since late last week, a reminder of the security crisis that has plagued Africa's most populous country. No group claimed responsibility for any of the abductions but two different groups are blamed. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)This shows the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga, where students were kidnapped by gunmen in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. The kidnapping on Thursday was only one of three mass kidnappings in northern Nigeria since late last week, a reminder of the security crisis that has plagued Africa's most populous country. No group claimed responsibility for any of the abductions but two different groups are blamed. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Parents wait for news about the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga students in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. The kidnapping on Thursday was only one of three mass kidnappings in northern Nigeria since late last week, a reminder of the security crisis that has plagued Africa's most populous country. No group claimed responsibility for any of the abductions but two different groups are blamed. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Shehu Lawal, whose 13-year-old son is among those abducted at the LEA Primary and Secondary School in Kuriga, waits for news about his son and others inside the school in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. The kidnapping on Thursday was only one of three mass kidnappings in northern Nigeria since late last week, a reminder of the security crisis that has plagued Africa's most populous country. No group claimed responsibility for any of the abductions but two different groups are blamed. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Children run in celebration after a false alarm that kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School students of Kuriga had been released in Kaduna state, Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. The kidnapping on Thursday was only one of three mass kidnappings in northern Nigeria since late last week, a reminder of the security crisis that has plagued Africa's most populous country. No group claimed responsibility for any of the abductions but two different groups are blamed. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Shehu Lawal, right in yellow robe, whose 13-year-old son is among those abducted at the LEA Primary and Secondary School, walks back home after visiting the school in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. The kidnapping on Thursday was only one of three mass kidnappings in northern Nigeria since late last week, a reminder of the security crisis that has plagued Africa's most populous country. No group claimed responsibility for any of the abductions but two different groups are blamed. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Children play at the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga where students were kidnapped in Kuriga, Kaduna state, Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. The kidnapping on Thursday was only one of three mass kidnappings in northern Nigeria since late last week, a reminder of the security crisis that has plagued Africa's most populous country. No group claimed responsibility for any of the abductions but two different groups are blamed. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)