Bandits have threatened to marry off a 21-year-old woman, Deborah, abducted from a community in Niger State if her parents fail to pay a ransom of N1.7 million.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that bandits invaded and kidnapped some persons along Tapila-Gwada road in Shiroro Local Government Area last Saturday.
The victim is said to be one of those kidnapped during the attack.
It was learned that the bandits, who initially demanded a ransom of N2 million, lowered their demand to N1.7 million after speaking with the girl’s parents on Tuesday night.
The bandits told the the girl’s parents to pay N1 million in cash and spend the remaining N750,000 to buy a motorcycle for them.
According to Vanguard, the girl’s aunt, who confirmed this, said: “These people are asking for N1 million ransom, buy a bike worth about 750,000 and pay the person that would come to collect the cash, or else they would marry her off to one of them. For over an hour, they were on the phone and my brother was begging them, crying.”
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