Kidnappers of students from Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna
Damish have demanded an additional ransom of 50,000,000 Naira for the remaining
83 students in their custody.
The kidnappers allegedly asked their parents to pay a ransom of
about 100,000,000
naira for their children to be released from captivity in
batches. It is reported that the affected parents contributed 100,000,000
naira for the release of their wards, but the bandits eventually released only
28 students and vowed to release the others in other rounds of release.
Our source, a parent of one of the kidnapped children, said that
they are now asking for 50,000,000
to release the remaining 83 students in detention. The source explained
that the parents are now helpless and frustrated with this new development, and
have sold all they have to pay up the 100,000,000 naira that the
bandits initially demanded.
Mr Adamu Jangado, Kaduna-based pastor and Chairman of the
Baptist Conference, denied this statement, saying he was unaware of the new demands
from the bandits. He added that the bandits have not related such information
or any new information to him of late. According to him, "There is no
update yet, and we are still waiting for the remaining students to be released
by the kidnapers."
The Nigerian Baptist Conference explained through its president,
Pastor Israel Akanji, that the church did not pay any ransom for the release of
kidnapped students. It was unable to determine whether the student's
parents or other interested parties paid a ransom for their ward's
release.
He explained: "Some parents, financially endowed and
their associates are working hard to get their wards released, so we can't
really condemn people's behavior when seeking their wards' release, but as a
group, we don't believe in paying a ransom."
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