From Our Correspondent
Twenty-one-year-old student of the Federal University, Gusau, Zarah Shehu, a has died in captivity, four months after she was abducted alongside her two siblings.
A counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, who focuses on the Lake Chad region, disclosed this yesterday in a post on his X handle.
Zarah, a 300-level student, was kidnapped from her home in Damba area of Gusau in the early hours of November 3, 2024 by armed bandits.
Makama stated that the kidnappers initially demanded N35 million for their release, but after negotiations they agreed to accept N10 million.
However, after receiving the ransom, the abductors refused to release Zarah, instead demanding four motorcycles (Boza) and four cartons of engine oil before setting them free.
After months of efforts to meet the demands, the items were finally secured. When the kidnappers’ leader was informed, he contacted his men, who then revealed that Zarah had already died and had been buried two days earlier.
The deceased, the only daughter of her mother, had spent four months in captivity before her untimely death.
