The remaining 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, who are still in the captivity of their abductors, have asked the government and their parents to hasten the ransom requested by the kidnappers for their (the students’) rescue.  

The students made the plea in another video released by the abductors.

Recall that the bandits abducted 39 of the Kaduna students, but later released 10.

The abductors had also demanded N500 million as ransom for the students’ release.

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has also insisted that his administration will neither negotiate with the bandits nor pay any ransom.

The Governor’s insistence has made the parents of the abducted students agree to negotiate.  

In the recent video, a pregnant student identified as “Hajiya” pleaded with her parents for rescue, adding that for days, they have been without food.

Hajiya said, “We appeal to our parents to help us. We are tired and there is no food. They should do their best to get us out of this place. We have spent 47 days, almost all of us are ill and there is no food. We sleep in the open even when it rains.”

Also, another woman abducted by the bandits said to be a wife of a Naval Officer, featured in the video.

The woman said to have been abducted from Trikaniya in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state, said her husband is a military officer based in Warri, Delta State

She also pleaded with the Federal Government to come for their rescue, saying that the bandits had earlier agreed on N30 million as ransom for their release.