Bandits have reportedly told the Hausa Service of the Voice of America (VOA Hausa) that they they would kill the remaining 17 students abducted from Greenfield University, Kaduna State if the remaining N45million naira ransom was not paid to them by Tuesday.
A report by the TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) indicated that parents of the abducted students had so raised N55million, which has been given to the bandits.
The kidnappers, however, claimed they had spent the money on feeding their hostages.
Twenty-two students and a member of staff were abducted from the school campus along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on April 20 and within a week, five of them were killed.
In an interview with the Hausa Service of Voice of America (VOA), monitored by TNG correspondent, a leader of the bandit group who identified himself as Sani Idris Jalingo, said if the Kaduna State Government or their families failed to pay a ransom of N100 million as well as provide them with 10 brand new Honda motorcycles by Tuesday, the remaining students would be killed.
Jalingo said there were 17 students in his custody, including 15 females and two male students among them a grandchild of the late 18th emir of Zazzau, Shehu Idris, whom he identified as Hamza.
He vowed that it was his final warning and should government or the students’ families fail to meet his demands, all the students would be killed.
“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,” he reportedly said.
Asked if he saw himself as a terrorist, Jalingo laughed and said: “I’m not but a food seeker.”
Emphasising on his threat, the bandit said: “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.”
He warned security agencies not to waste their time planting trackers on the motorcycles, saying his “members do not go to cities and therefore arresting them will be difficult.”
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