Families of 56 abducted Niger villagers get June 15 deadline to pay ransom

Families of 56 abducted Niger villagers get June 15 deadline to pay ransom

Terrorists have given a deadline of June 15 to the families of those they abducted in Niger State to pay a ransom of N150million or risk losing five of the victims daily until the ransom is paid.

 The terrorists had abducted 30 people from Kakuru in Munya Local Government Area and 26 people from Adogo Mallam and Tunga Kawo communities in Shiroro Local Government Area.

These abductions occured on Sunday and Monday in the various communities of the state.

Kakuru community is about five kilometres from the Kuchi community where 150 people were abducted last week.

The terrorists had abducted the villagers from Kuchi community. They had released a man whose wife and four children were among the abductees asking him to go and source for N60 million for the release of his family members.

The Nation learnt that the community had initially offered N60,000 for the release of each victim which was rejected, they raised the money to N100,000, which was also rejected by the terrorists.

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A source in the community said the terrorists claimed that the money offered by the community was not up to the amount they paid to hire their guns or buy bullets, adding that they would not reduce the ransom.

“The entire community is in mourning because there is no way that the people can afford this amount and, unfortunately, there is no effort from anywhere to rescue the people.