Kidnappers Dare Tinubu, Vow To Kill Victims In 20 Days If N1bn Is Not Paid

<h4>Kidnappers Dare Tinubu<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that just 24 hours after President Tinubu instructed that no ramson should be paid to kidnappers to free abducted victims&comma; the bandits who abducted 287 school children at Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have demanded a N1billion ransom to set their captives free and have threatened to kill the victims if the ransom is not paid in the next 20 days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But the military vowed yesterday to rescue the school children to their parents unhurt&comma; explaining bandits now embark on mass abduction to use their victims as human shields&comma; in view of the clearance operations by its officers and men&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recall that on Thursday&comma; March 7&comma; 2024&comma; the bandits invaded the school&comma; shot one of the pupils and escaped into the bush with over 200 others&comma; including some secondary school students they marched into the primary school premises&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;20909" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-20909" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-20909" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Tinubu-1-300x241&period;webp" alt&equals;"Kidnappers Dare Tinubu&comma; Vow To Kill Victims In 20 Days If N1bn Is Not Paid" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"241" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-20909" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>President Tinubu<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The President has directed that security agencies must&comma; as a matter of urgency&comma; ensure that these children and all those who have been kidnapped are brought back in safety and also in the process&comma; to ensure that not a dime is paid as ransom&comma;” the Minister of Information and National Orientation&comma; Alhaji Muhammed Idris&comma; had quoted the President as saying after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council&comma; FEC&comma; meeting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">According to Reuters&comma; the bandits contacted a spokesman for the families of the school children&comma; demanding a total of 1 billion naira &lpar;&dollar;620&comma;432&rpar; for their release&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reuters also said the kidnappers vowed to kill the students and staff in 20 days&comma; if their demand was not met&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A leader of the community&comma; Jubril Aminu&comma; who acts as spokesman for the families of the hostages&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They &lpar;kidnappers&rpar; made a total of a N1 billion ransom demand for all the pupils&comma; students and staff of the school&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They gave a request to pay the ransom within 20 days&comma; effective from the date of the kidnap&period; They said they will kill all the students and the staff if the ransom demand is not met&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Idris Ibrahim&comma; an elected official from Kuriga Ward municipal council&comma; who also confirmed the ransom demand and the amount&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yes&comma; the kidnappers called the community through Jubril Aminu’s number and made the demand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They called from a hidden number but the authorities are working on getting the number&period;’’<br &sol;>&NewLine;He added that the security forces are taking &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;adequate measures” to secure the release of the students&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;20904" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-20904" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-20904" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Nuhu-Ribadu-300x181&period;webp" alt&equals;"Kidnappers Dare Tinubu" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"181" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-20904" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Mallam Nuhu Ribadu&comma; NSA<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;