Bandits Request Another N50m For Release of 83 Bethel Baptist Students

The bandits who kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State has again reneged on their promise to release the students after a ransom has been paid.

The bandits according to reports have demanded a fresh N50 million ransom after allegedly collecting N100 million and six brand new motorcycles as ransom.

Recall Green White Green (GWG) reported that 121 students were abducted in the school on July 5, but at present, 38 have reunited with their families; the remaining 83 students are in the kidnappers’ den.

A close source told journalists that “after the parents contributed N100 million for the release of their children, the bandits ended up releasing only 28 of them, promising that others will be released in batches.

“Now they are demanding an additional ransom of N50 million to release the remaining 83 students in their custody.

“The parents are hopeless and devastated by this development having sold everything they had to raise N100 million that was given to the bandits”, the source said.

However, President of the Baptist Conference, Kaduna, Rev. Ishaya Jangado, who is also the proprietor of the school, said he was not aware of the fresh demand, as there was no update from the bandits.

“Up till now there is no update, we are still waiting for them to release the remaining students,” he said.

Some of the students had escaped from the bandits camp. On July 23, GWG reported two of the students to have escaped after the bandits asked them to fetch wood from a neighbouring village.

Also, lesser than 72 hours after some of the abducted students were released by the bandits and reunited with their parents, there was a good news that another four escaped from the bandits camp.

This was confirmed by the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State, Rev. John Hayab, in Kaduna.

“Yes, another four students escaped from their abductors on Sunday, July 25, and have been reunited with their parents,” Hayab said.

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