Bandits have released a video of a pregnant student and others who were abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Kaduna State in March.
The bandits who had initially demanded a N500 million ransom from the government, reached out to some parents of the abducted students after the Kaduna state government failed to comply.
One of the bandits was heard speaking in Hausa and afterwards Fulfulde in a four-minute, 56 seconds video shot at night in an unknown location. He asked some of the students to come forward and speak to the camera.
The pregnant girl who the bandits addressed as Hajiya pleaded with their parents to rescue them. She said;
“We're appealing to our parents to help us, we're tired and there is no food. They should do their best to get us out of this place. We've spent 47 days, nearly all of us are ill and there is no food. We sleep in the open even when it rains.”
Another woman addressed as the wife of a military officer was as well called up to speak. The lady who was abducted from her home in Tirkania-Agwa in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, said her husband is a naval officer working in Warri, Delta State and also urged the Federal Government to come to their rescue.
She also said the bandits had earlier requested for N30million for their release.