Abductors of 11 FCT farmers demand N25m as 4 victims escape

Despite the escape of four out of the 11 farmers who were abducted at Achimbi and Gumanyi communities of Kuje Area Council of the FCT, their abductors are still demanding N25 million ransom.

City & crime had reported that kidnappers last Friday, abducted 11 farmers who were harvesting yam at the farms at gunpoint and whisked them away to their den.

A family member of one of the victims, simply identified as Salihu, confirmed the escape of the four victims to our reporter on Monday.

He said the four among the victims sneaked away after their abductors dozed off, saying the victims arrived at the Zagabutu village near Nasarawa-FCT boundary on Saturday.

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“As God will have it, four among them escaped after their abductors slept off; you know, they normally take drugs and alcohol and smoke. The victims summoned courage and escaped,” he said.

According to him, the leader of the kidnappers had called one of the victims’ relations and demanded N25 million ransom before they would be set free.

 “It was on Sunday. The kidnappers’ leader called through one of the victims’ phones and demanded the ransom, even as the families were still pleading with them to reduce the amount,” he said.

The spokeswoman of the FCT police command, SP Adeh Josephine, was yet to reply to a text message sent to her phone to confirm the escape of the four victims and the ransom demand as claimed by relations of the victims.