Kidnap victims, about 35 in number whom were abducted a week ago, have been rescued by soldiers in Katsina from terrorist camps around Batsari Local Government Area on Sunday.
The terrorist had demanded 60 million as ransom for 31 of the victims after they were taken away in Tashar Nagulle. The rest of the 4 victims were kidnapped from other various locations.
The western Batsari residents were in joyous mood yesterday, as they celebrated the return of their people from the den of the dreaded abductors.
“We are happy with the development. You have seen them yourself; they are in good health,” the Chairman of Batsari Local Government, Yusuf Mamman – Ifo, said.
“The success was due to prayers and the support the state governor gives us and security agents. He always encourages us to team up and work with security agents in situations like this,” he said.
One of the victims, Maryam Nagulle who informed that they had trekked for over seven hours in the bush, narrated their ordeal in the hands of the abductors saying: “We were locked in the room they kept us when we heard loud gunshots. The terrorists ran away while the soldiers continued to shoot. We couldn’t open the room because they asked us not to. The soldiers then came and asked us to follow them,” she said.
