This is a narrative of his time with the kidnappers and how he was released.....
" When the five armed men that came to kidnap me asked me to follow them, I didn't resist them. We came out and moved East through a road adjacent to my house, passing behind other residences. I trekked for about 25 kilometres barefooted, it was difficult but they didn't care.
" I was asked to climb a hill, on top of the hill, I met two other Fulani men who had been kidnapped. The next day Sunday, they brought two photographs mine and that of the Chairman of Bungudu Local Government in Zamfara state Nura Umar Abdullahi, they asked if it was me and said they were ordered to kidnap both of us, but they didn't mention who gave them the job.
" They also showed me a newspaper report about my abduction. They said they heard President Bola Tinubu had directed that 200 million be paid for my release but someone stopped it, that shows they monitor news and social media.
" At the Dutsen Bandan camp , I observed that the bandits sleep, cook and interact with their families there just as we do in our houses.
" The bandits don't observe the five daily prayers, when it was time for prayer, I prayed alone.
They are not more than 20 in the camp, so the government can easily crush them, they rely on informants that bring them information from town. Though the bandits were armed they were always fearful and on high alert. There was a day they warned me to stop coughing, they were scared because they thought I was coughing to alert people of my location.
" My face was covered anytime I ate so I wouldn't see them. I was asked what food I wanted, I chose tuwon Shinkafa or Semo with Okra soup, they fed me twice daily with bottled water and maltina.
" After collecting the 50 million naira ransom, most of the bandits left the camp leaving two bandits to guard me.
" I overheard them arguing, one said the other should shoot me, but he didn't probably to avoid attracting security operatives or passerby, around 5pm, I realised I was alone, I then removed the covering on my face, I trekked until I got to a village, I asked for a commercial motorcycle that will take me to Bunza.
" My kidnapping can never deter me from my work, I swear to Almighty Allah nothing on this earth can change my attitude to work, it will motivate me to double my effort. "
" I was asked to climb a hill, on top of the hill, I met two other Fulani men who had been kidnapped. The next day Sunday, they brought two photographs mine and that of the Chairman of Bungudu Local Government in Zamfara state Nura Umar Abdullahi, they asked if it was me and said they were ordered to kidnap both of us, but they didn't mention who gave them the job.
" They also showed me a newspaper report about my abduction. They said they heard President Bola Tinubu had directed that 200 million be paid for my release but someone stopped it, that shows they monitor news and social media.
" At the Dutsen Bandan camp , I observed that the bandits sleep, cook and interact with their families there just as we do in our houses.
" The bandits don't observe the five daily prayers, when it was time for prayer, I prayed alone.
They are not more than 20 in the camp, so the government can easily crush them, they rely on informants that bring them information from town. Though the bandits were armed they were always fearful and on high alert. There was a day they warned me to stop coughing, they were scared because they thought I was coughing to alert people of my location.
" My face was covered anytime I ate so I wouldn't see them. I was asked what food I wanted, I chose tuwon Shinkafa or Semo with Okra soup, they fed me twice daily with bottled water and maltina.
" After collecting the 50 million naira ransom, most of the bandits left the camp leaving two bandits to guard me.
" I overheard them arguing, one said the other should shoot me, but he didn't probably to avoid attracting security operatives or passerby, around 5pm, I realised I was alone, I then removed the covering on my face, I trekked until I got to a village, I asked for a commercial motorcycle that will take me to Bunza.
" My kidnapping can never deter me from my work, I swear to Almighty Allah nothing on this earth can change my attitude to work, it will motivate me to double my effort. "
Hmmmm🤔thank God you came out arrive that's the most important thing
ReplyDeleteIt's well oo,hmmm
Thank God for your life 🙏
ReplyDeleteNigeria security operatives can crush these people if they are serious. Some of them are benefiting from its proceeds, that's why it is striving. Imagine paying 50m, and he's not the only person that paid ransom. All their enablers should also be punished severely.
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