Photo: ‘One Chance’ taxi operator kidnappers let loose in Abuja.
‘One Chance’: How kidnappers butchered abducted student in my presence —Survivor
A female resident of the Federal Capital Territory, who was kidnapped between Bwari and Dutse Market in Bwari Area Council, and craved anonymity, has narrated her traumatic experience in the hands of her abductors.
She recalled how the abductors butchered a secondary school student, with whom she was abducted, in her presence.
The victim narrated that she had boarded a green-coloured taxi from Bwari to Dutse Market in mid-November, unknown to her, it was a “one-chance” vehicle.
“When we entered the vehicle, because the road was under construction, the place was so dusty, so the man (driver) was like, we want to pass the new road. We said okay, no problem, and that was how the car windows were wound up,” she explained.
She said that when the boy and herself were picked at the junction, they met three people in the vehicle, a woman and two men.
“One of the men beside the driver dropped at a junction, and then the driver asked that the woman from the back seat move to the front passenger seat for comfort,” she added.
She said at that moment, she suspected the woman sprayed a sedative substance at the back seat, causing them to fall sleep.
The survivor said she became suspicious when she started feeling uncomfortable and asked the driver to wind down but he pretended to be busy chatting with the woman in the front passenger seat.
“By this time, the schoolboy and another student picked up from Veritas University had both slept,” she said.
She narrated that she had planned to raise the alarm at a checkpoint ahead of them but on getting to the checkpoint, there was no one there.
“After we passed Ushafa, that was the last thing I can remember. It took prayers and donations from friends and family to secure my release after ransom was paid.
“Some people are still there waiting to be slaughtered. That place is like a camp. They even prefer to butcher people and sell (body parts) because they feel that it would give them more money than ransom,” she said.
Recalling how the school boy was killed, she said, “Each time I close my eyes, I see that scene. They killed him, they cut him like meat, since his people could not provide money.”
When the kidnappers contacted the boy’s parents, the mother said she did not have money and didn’t believe her son was abducted as she had spoken to him earlier.
According to Daily Trust, the butchered student was returning home from his boarding school to treat an illness.
