Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolboys Say Ransom Was Paid, Tell of Beatings KATSINA, Nigeria — It was on the third day in captivity that the Lawal brothers thought they would be executed. Exhausted and hungry, their bare feet lacerated after long marches at gunpoint through a dense forest with more than 300 abducted schoolmates, 16-year-old Anas and … Continue reading Kankara Schoolboys: Ransom Was Paid To Secure Our Release