One of many college students kidnapped from Kuriga in Chikun Native Authorities Space of Kaduna State, Mustapha Abubakar, has narrated how he escaped from his abductors.
He defined that whereas they had been being moved by their captors, he stealthily hid in a shrub like a snake and escaped again residence.
It was reported that the kidnapped kids, each men and women, had been between the ages of 5 and 18.
In an interview with BBC Hausa monitored in Kaduna on Monday, he mentioned the bandits moved the kids like a herd of cows, they trekked within the bush; generally crawled, including that they had been so thirsty that a few of the women had been changing into weak and falling down attributable to tiredness however had been placed on bikes by the bandits.
He defined that the bandits ordered them to take away certainly one of their garments and lie down when a airplane hovered above them, including that they crossed an enormous river, drank the water and continued trekking.
He mentioned the bandits ate leaves and wild fruits as they’d nothing to eat.
In accordance with him, “Whereas we had been shifting, I seen a shrub that was brown in color, like my trouser. I hid inside and crawled like a snake. I used to be there till it was fully silent earlier than I got here out and headed to the bush.”
He added that he later met an previous man who had issue strolling and requested him the pathway to the primary street or any shut place in order that he might get water to drink.
He mentioned amid exhaustion, he pushed on as dusk was approaching. After arriving Gayan, a neighborhood close to theirs, he was capable of escape again residence.
