The family of the thirteen children abducted by suspected bandits in the Katari area of Kaduna on January 6, 2024, hhaveraised an alarm over the welfare of the kids.
The children have so far spent 23 days in captivity with the terrorists.
The bandits reportedly killed a 53-year-old baker, Mr Tijani Amedu, and abducted his 13 relatives, who are mainly children and were travelling alongside him, in the Katari area of the state.
The incident happened while the victims were returning to Kaduna after visiting Warri, Delta State.
The Edo State-born businessman’s brother, Rasaq, in a chat with Punch, when asked about the children, told our correspondent, “They are still with the kidnappers.”
When asked what the police had done concerning the matter, he said, “Nothing please.”
While narrating how the incident happened over a week ago, Rasaq said, “They came to visit for the Christmas and New Year holidays. But they got attacked by bandits when they were going back to Kaduna, using two buses. I was told the bandits started shooting on seeing them. The first bus drove through them but the second bus stopped. My elder brother and the 13 kids were on the second bus. The bandits took all of them.”
He said the family members later got to know when the children started communicating from their captivity. The kidnappers, according to the family, are asking for N50 milliion after negotiating from N200 million.
“My elder brother’s head was hit and he fell (leading to his death),” Rasaq said, according to the information given to him by the children, adding, “They started (the ransom) negotiation from N200 million, but now, we’re at N50 million.”
