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District Head Escapes from Captivity

December 27, 2019 1:56 pm

The District Head of Birnin Gwari, headquarters of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Yusuf Abubakar, who was abducted last week by gunmen has reportedly escaped from captivity.

Abubakar was abducted at gun point alongside Ibrahim Musa, a former education secretary of the local government on December 18, 2019 along the Kaduna-Birnin-Gwari highway.

The former education secretary was said to have been released following the payment of N3.5 million ransom.

After collecting the ransom paid for the release of the duo, the bandits refused to release the district head and demanded more ransom.

Similarly, the three brothers …

B/Haram: Kidnapped Victims Speak From Captivity [VIDEO]

December 16, 2019 2:18 pm

A college lecturer and 10 other persons who were recently kidnapped by Boko Haram have called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to come to their rescue.

This is coming barely 24hours after the execution of four aid workers by Boko Haram.

The captives include Christians and Muslims who were abducted along the Damaturu-Maiduguri highway.

In a short video uploaded by Ahmed Salkida, a journalist known to have access to Boko Haram leadership, one of the abductees, Bitrus Bwala, who identified himself as a principal lecturer at the College of Education Gashua, in Yobe State said they witnessed the recent killing …

112 Chibok girls now five years in Boko Haram captivity

April 7, 2019 2:25 pm

The 112 Chibok girls still being held by Boko Haram will have spent five years in captivity if they are not released by next Sunday.

Over 200 students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State were abducted by the terrorists on the night of April 14, 2014.

Over a hundred of them were released following pressure from the federal government, and the intervention of well meaning Nigerians and the International Red Cross.

The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement said yesterday that the girls have already spent 1, 819 days in Boko Haram captivity.

It said the anniversary …