In response to their captors’ threat to marry them off if their parents don’t pay a N12 million ransom, four female prisoners, among them a student at the Zamfara State College of Arts and Science, have raised an alarm.
The abductees revealed this in a two minutes, 19 second video that Channels Television was able to obtain on Saturday. They were captured along the Birnin Magaji-Kaura Namoda Road six months ago while they were returning from a wedding.
The abductors gave their families one week to pay the ransom, according to the victims, who were identified as Ummukhair, Aisha Yahaya, Jemila Yahaya, and Ummu Sani.
They said, “We are begging you, parents, in the name of God. We are in trouble here with our abductors. Please, look for money to secure our freedom,” they pleaded.
“The past government of Governor Bello Matawalle failed to secure our release. This is our sixth month and some days in captivity. We are begging the Governor Dauda Lawal-led administration to do something.”
An elder brother to one of the victims, Aminu Yahaya said that six of the girls were kidnapped while two of them were released after the payment of a N6 million ransom.
He thus appealed to the state government and citizens to come to their aid.
“I was the one that took the other ransom of N6 million to them before they released two girls,” he added. “Now they are giving us a one-week ultimatum to pay N12 million or else they will marry off our sisters.”
Ada Peter
