Kaduna Northwest Nigeria: Parent of Abductected Kaduna Bethel Baptist secondary school students cries in agony as their children battle freedom from kidnappers den.
Recall that the kidnappers stormed the school located at Chikun local government area of kaduna state on Monday, July 5th, 2021 kidnapping about one hundred and twenty-one students.
Although 41 students were freed simultaneously as two students escape, one was released on health conditions while thirty-eight students were released on ransom.
Kaduna state has become a business ground where bandits freely kidnapped students and residents on highways, farms, and comfortable homes.
More than five schools were attacked in kaduna state killing about six students while many were traumatized as the governments insist on not negotiating with bandits.
It will be recalled that the kaduna state government relocate NYSC camps and closes 13 schools considered to be vulnerable to attacks by kidnappers.
DAILY EPISODE reliably gathered that at least, 80 students are still in the hands of their abductors, while about N60 million has been spent as ransom by parents in getting the release of some of the students.
However, the state chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. John Joseph Hayab, in an interview with Reuters, explained that the bandits are now asking each parent to pay N1 million on the 80 remaining students under their care, making it a total of N80 million as a ransom for their release.
One of the parents of the abducted students who pleaded anonymity said it is the parent of the students that is facing the heat of students’ abductions in the state.
Another parent of the released student explained that he and others went through hell before they could afford the demands of the kidnappers to ensure the release of their children.
According to him, “I had to sell our family farm and other valuable assets at our disposal. Even one of my sons, who is in the university, had to contribute his tuition fee to see that his younger brother regained freedom.”
