The family of a pregnant housewife that gave birth in captivity, the new baby and her 2 sisters in Kaduna have been asked to pay N50 million ransom within a 48hrs ultimatum or prepare to receive the victims’ corpses.
The family therefore, begged the government and good Nigerians to help them secure the release of their loved ones, saying so far, they have been able to raise only N6.5 million.
The family told journalists in Kaduna on Monday that although they offered the bandits the said N6.5 million, “it was vehemently rejected by the bandits.”
Speaking to journalists, a brother of the kidnapped victim, Kabir Yusuf said he had begged the bandits and told them that, the family had sold everything they had in order to raise N6.5million but the bandits rejected the amount.
“One of my sisters, Zainab who was heavily pregnant when they were kidnapped, gave birth in captivity without recourse to medical or human care for both mother and child.
“They were subjected to harsh whether conditions, eating and drinking whatever is available in the forest.”
“Since they took them away, we have been negotiating with them.
“The bandits initially demanded for N140 million but we pleaded with them that we are poor people, so they reduced it to N100 we pleaded with them further and they later reduced it to N50 million and threatened that if we don’t have the N50 million ready, we should not call them again.”
“My sisters cried to me on Sunday that they were being maltreated, that the bandits commander want to leave the camp and may not return until after a while so we should talk to them.
“But I told them that we have sold everything we have but what we raised is not big and we don’t have anything to sell again. They started crying and I cried too”.
“Now, the disturbing development is that, on Sunday, when I spoke to the bandits I pleaded with them to release my sisters and the new baby, that we have only been able to raise N6.5million. But, they started insulting me, they said if we don’t bring N50million in the next two days, they will kill my sisters and the new baby.”
“We are appealing to the Federal Government, Kaduna state government charity organisations, philanthropists and well spirited individuals to assist us in securing their release.
“We don’t want anything to happen to them, if anything happens to them only God knows what effect it would have on our mother, who is now on wheelchair because of their absence,” he said.
The three sisters were kidnapped on July 17, 2022 in Mando community Kaduna, at their family house where they came to look after their old mother who had been ill.
