The remaining kidnapped students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, have been released by their abductors after spending 707 days in the den of the criminals.
Recall that 11 students were kidnapped when bandits invaded Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri on 17th June 2021.
The two remaining female students, Faida Sani Kaoje and Safiya Idris, were released after intensive negotiations by a special committee set up by their families and well wishers, with the leadership of the bandits.
It was reported that a notorious bandit kingpin, Dogo Gide, had insisted that some conditions must be met by the Kebbi State Government, before the remaining girls could be released.
Four Yauri female students with two babies, were release in April 2023 after payments of huge ransom to Dogo Gide, while three of the students, Elizabeth Ogechi Nwafor, Esther Sunday and Aliya Abubakar were released on May 7
The release were effected after a huge ransom was generated by parents and other stakeholders when the Kebbi Sate Government was reluctant to meet the bandits’ demands.
The parents had to beg Nigerians to come to their aid financially in order to rescue their children from their abductors.
In a letter addressed to all Nigerians in January 2023, which the group known as “Committee of Parents of 11 Abducted Students of F.G.C Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, Nigeria,” passionately solicited financial assistance towards raising the sum of N100 million as ransom to be paid to the terrorists, in exchange for their wards.
In their letter, the Chairman and Secretary of the ‘Committee of Parents, Salim Ka’oje and Mr. Daniel Alkali respectively, said their female children (aged between 12-16 years) had been in the custody of their abductors for about 20 months now.
“…And the abductors are demanding the sum of N100 million before they release the girls,” they added.
