One of many kidnapped college students from Kuriga, Chikun Native Authorities Space of Kaduna State, Mustapha Abubakar, who fortunately escaped, has narrated his ordeal by the hands of his kidnappers.
That is evident from a report by BBC Hausa Service that was revealed on-line on Monday, March 11, 2024.
In accordance with Abubakar, the abductors handled them like a “herd of cows” grazing within the bush.
Recall that over 280 college students and lecturers of Authorities Secondary College and LEA major college in Kuriga, Kaduna State had been kidnapped by bandits on Thursday, March 7, 2024.
The bandits reportedly invaded Kuriga space of Chikun Native Authorities Space of Kaduna State on Thursday, capturing at their victims earlier than taking away a minimum of 280 college students and lecturers from each faculties.
The PUNCH experiences that the secondary college has been moved to the first college as a result of insecurity within the council.
Narrating his expertise, Abubakar mentioned he escaped by cunningly hiding within the bush whereas they had been being transported to the forest on foot by the bandits.
He mentioned, “We went by way of the bush; generally we crawled. We had been so thirsty that among the ladies turned weak and fell from fatigue. The bandits lifted them up and put a few of them on bikes.
“We reached a giant river, the place we drank water and continued strolling. There was a airplane hovering above us. That was when the bandits ordered us to take off certainly one of our garments and lie down.
“The bandits themselves are drained, that they had nothing to eat, however they eat grass and cord within the forest, they didn’t give us something to eat.
“Whereas we had been strolling, I noticed a bush that was brown in coloration, like my pants. I hid in it and crawled like a snake. I used to be there till it was utterly quiet earlier than I got here out and went to the bush.
He famous that he met an outdated man who may barely stroll so he may direct him to the facet of the highway or to a different city to get ingesting water.
In accordance with Abubakar, he traveled an extended distance till he later arrived at Gayan, a group from which he finally escaped.
In the meantime, Senator Uba Sani, who led senior authorities officers and heads of safety companies within the state to the location of the assault on Thursday night, assured the group that these kidnapped by the bloodthirsty bandits would return unhurt.
The governor mentioned he had spoken to the Nationwide Safety Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on the problem and that safety operatives had swung into motion in quest of the kidnapped college students.
