Six out of 136 abducted students of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya, Tegina, Niger state, have reportedly died in captivity, following the inability of their parents to pay their ransom. Recall that the students and three teachers were kidnapped nearly 3-months ago on May 30 from the Islamic school Niger state.
The school principal, Abubakar Alhassan, revealed on Tuesday, August 24, that the bandits called to notify him of the death of the children. The children reportedly died from various illnesses and the bandits has asked that the demanded ransom be paid for the release of the other children in captivity.
The bandits had earlier demanded the sum of N110 million but later raised the ransom to N200 million. The parents of the abducted children were said to have paid N30 million naira as ransom to the bandits who refused to release the children.
