Zamfara students seek govt intervention as bandits threaten to marry them off

• The bandits are demanding N12 million from the parents and guardians of the victims as ransom to secure their freedom
• The victims also disclosed that their abductors have given their families only one week to act

The four female students of the Zamfara State College of Arts and Science who are languishing in bandits’ den have appealed to the federal and state government to intervene in their ordeal and secure their release.

They students made the appeal in video released by their abductors.

The kidnapped victims were lamenting that their kidnappers were threatening to marry them off if their parents or guardians do not pay the N12 million demanded as ransom to secure their freedom.

According to the viral video, the victims also disclosed that their abductors have given their families only one week to act.

“We are appealing to our, parents and guardians to as a matter of urgency meet up with the demands of the bandits because we are in trouble here with our abductors please look for money to secure our freedom.

“The past government of Bello Mohammed Matawalle could not secure our release, this is our sixth month plus in captivity. We are appealing to the Governor Dauda Lawal-led administration to assist for our freedom”

That the victims were abducted in January 2023 along the Birnin Magaji-Kaura Namoda road in the state while they were returning from a wedding ceremony.