How Bandits Reportedly Collected N35Million Ransom, Marijuana, Cigarettes, Whiskey, Bags Of Rice, Beans, Tramadol, Others To Release Friend’s Relation – Reports
The family sought security clearance before setting out, but soldiers detained them midway.
ANigerian journalist and publisher of Nigerian online newspaper, Daily Nigerian Jaafar Jaafar, revealed on X on Wednesday that a friend’s family recently endured a harrowing ordeal to secure the release of a relation kidnapped by bandits.
He added that the family paid a ransom of N35 million in cash. According to him, in addition to the ransom payment, the family also provided some other listed items demanded by the bandits.
Other items are “5 bags of beans (100kg each), one 25-litre jerry can of groundnut oil, one 25-litre jerry can of palm oil, 1 carton of seasoning, 10 packets of paracetamol and 10 packets of chloroquine”.
The family sought security clearance before setting out, but soldiers detained them midway.
Jaafar Jaafar’s post also noted that security personnel, including soldiers, policemen, and customs officers, have also paid ransoms to secure the release of their kidnapped staff.
He said, “A friend yesterday narrated a painful story of how his family paid through their nose to secure the release of a relative from bandits. Apart from payment of N35m cash as ransom, they also delivered – as demanded – the following:
“Although they sought security clearance before they started the journey, soldiers detained them midway.
They later allowed them to proceed to the bandits’ enclave after profiling. Well, even soldiers, police, and customs paid ransom to secure release of their kidnapped personnel.”
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