Four of the eleven girls still held captive two years after they were kidnapped from the Federal Government College in Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State by the notorious terrorist Dogo Daji have been freed after he was paid a sizable ransom.
Parents and other stakeholders had to come up with a ransom after the Kebbi State administration refused to comply with the demands of the terrorists.
Two of the released students are said to have returned with two infants who were born while they were being held captive, according to the Middle Belt Times. Before the remaining girls could be released, Daji stressed that the Kebbi State administration must fulfill a number of requirements.
According to sources, the government of Kebbi State was reluctant to satisfy the demands of the terrorists, thus the ransom had to be raised by parents and other stakeholders.
The parents had to plead with Nigerians for financial assistance in order to save their children form the abductors.
The “Committee of Parents of 11 Abducted Students of F.G.G.C Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, Nigeria” passionately requested financial assistance in order to raise the amount of N100 million as ransom to be paid to the terrorists in exchange for their children and wards in a letter addressed to all Nigerians.
Salim Ka’oje, the chairman and Mr. Daniel Alkali, the secretary of the “Committee of Parents,” stated in the letter that their female children, who are between the ages of 12 and 16, have been in the hands of their kidnappers for almost 20 months.
Six days of discussions in the wilderness were necessary before four of the girls could be freed and given to us. Two of the parents are still in the forest attempting to obtain the release of the seven further children who are being held captive.
They said, “And the kidnappers want N100 million before they release the girls.” Recall that on June 17, 2021, bandits broke into their school and abducted 11 female students.
It was revealed in November of last year that some of the girls had become young mothers and that four other girls were expecting babies at the time.
