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A 16-year-old female student of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State, who was among the students who were abducted by terrorists about 18 months ago has given birth to a baby boy in captivity.
Reports say the young mother is among 11 remaining female students yet to be released after gunmen abducted over 100 students and eight teachers and killed a policeman in the mixed boarding school on June 17, 2021.
A few days after the abduction, security operatives rescued some of the students, while others escaped from the gunmen in the process of taking them away.
The bandits later released the teachers and 30 of the students.
According to PRNigeria, the girl whose name could not be confirmed at press time, delivered a baby boy in the abductors’ forest camp.
Sources said that the parents of the 11 remaining schoolgirls in captivity expressed great concern despite payments of ransom and prisoner swaps with abductors at different times.
“When the government, especially Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, ruled out negotiation with the armed group, which demanded ransom, families of the abducted students contributed and paid the ransom for the release of their daughters
“It is disheartening that the bandits collected huge ransoms, married off some of the victims and refused to release the remaining abductees,” a source said.
