Armed bandits who abducted 22 students from Greenfield University in Kaduna State have threatened to kill the remaining 17 students in their custody within 24 hours.
Recall that on April 20, twenty two students and a staff were kidnapped from the school campus along the Kaduna-Abuja highway, and within a week, five of them were killed.
The leader of the bandit group, who identified himself as Sani Idris Jalingo, announced this in an interview with the Hausa Service of Voice of America.
He said if the Kaduna State Government or their families fail to pay a ransom of N100 million as well as provide them with 10 brand Honda motorcycles by tomorrow (Tuesday), the remaining students will be killed.
The bandit revealed that the families of the students have already raised and paid the sum of N55 million to them but they claimed they used the money to feed the students.
However, Jalingo also warned security agencies not to waste their time planting trackers on the requested motorcycles, saying his members do not go to cities and therefore arresting them will be difficult.
He said, “You are speaking with the abductors of Greenfield students. We heard the utterances of the Kaduna State Governor that he will not pay ransom to bandits to purchase additional arms.
“If they fail to bring N100 million and 10 brand new Honda motorcycles known as Boko Haram by Tuesday, I can assure you they will use trucks to evacuate the bodies of the remaining students.”
