Adeleye said the girls, one 13 and the other 15 years old, hid themselves and demanded a ransom of N100,000 from their mother after faking their abduction.
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Bauchi State Police Command says intelligence report at its disposal reveals that some elements have infiltrated the State to kidnap under-age children for ransom or other motives.
The gunmen who kidnapped three students from the University of Calabar, UNICAL last week Thursday is asking for a ransom of N14 million in exchange for the release of two of the students.
Odude said, "The victim was eventually taken to an unknown place where he was kept for some days by his abductors who later demanded ransom as a condition for his release.
A 5-year-old girl was kidnapped in Uttar Pradesh in India and later killed after her family failed to pay the ransom, the police said on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
As a result of the kidnapping, they collected the sum of thirty million Naira from the relations as ransom, and in turn he was given one million as his share.
The caller demanded N2 million ransom for her release. "He transferred the sum of two (2) million naira into his wife's account as instructed by the kidnapper. He later brought his wife to the station after her release.
The victim, Alhaji Aliyu Babatunde, was abducted at his Igboora home town and spent three days in the kidnappers' den before he was released after the family paid N1 million ransom.
Sowore said kidnappers would start demanding ransom in foreign currencies with the new policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The AAC presidential candidate also described the redesigning of the naira note as a senseless policy.
"She blamed her action on pressure to raise N5 million ransom to free her mother from the captivity of bandits who kidnapped her since June," he added.