Bandits detain man that delivers N30m ransom, demand six motorcycles, N4.6m more

A ransom courier, identified as
Kassimu Tegina, sent to deliver the sum of 30 million naira for the release of about 156 pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina in Niger State has been detained by the bandits.

According to reports, CRIMECHANNELS gathered that the bandits claimed that the ransom money was short by N4.6million. Also, the bandits have asked the victims parents to give them 6 motorcycles before their wards will be freed. According to the bandits, the added item was because their money wasn’t complete.

Reacting to the incident, a parent of one of the abducted children said, “The bandits refused to release the children and also held the man we sent, Kassimu Tegina, with the help of a negotiator. They said the money is less N4.6m. They insisted we must complete it, and in addition buy 6 motorcycles.”

Another parent told newsmen that they struggled to even raise 30 million, lamenting where they will get the 4.6 million from.

“They said as a punishment we must buy six motorcycles and complete the money. We struggled to raise the N30m and we have exhausted our goodwill to raise the N30m. So, we are confused; they (bandits) are playing on our intelligence. We are going through hell in their hands, “Mr Ali said.

He further added that, the bandits demanded 6 Honda motorcycles, which will cost about N490,000 each.

“That means we need another N6million with the N4.6 million they claimed was short of the N30 million delivered as the latest ransom,” he added.