Bandits threaten to kill remaining Greenfield University students

Bandits have threatened to kill the remaining students abducted from Greenfield University, Kaduna state.

Twenty-two students and a member of staff were abducted from the school campus along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on April 20. Five of the students were killed within a week.

A leader of the bandit group who identified himself as Sani Idris Jalingo has now threatened that if the Kaduna State Government or affected families fail to pay a ransom of N100 million as well as provide them with 10 new Honda motorcycles by Tuesday, the remaining students would be killed.

Jalingo said there were 17 students in their custody, comprising 15 female and two male students.

It was learnt that one of them is a grandchild of the late 18th Emir of Zazzau, Shehu Idris, whom he identified as Hamza.

The bandit revealed that the families of the students had already raised and paid N55 million to them but he added that they had used the money to feed the students.

He vowed that it was his final warning and should government or the students’ families fail to meet his demands, all the students will be killed.

“You are speaking with the abductors of Greenfield students,” he told Voice of America (VOA) Hausa service.

“We heard the utterances of the Kaduna State Governor that he will not pay ransom to bandits to purchase additional arms,” he said.

Asked if he sees himself as a terrorist, Jalingo laughed and said: “I’m not but a food seeker.”

Emphasising on his threat, the bandit said: “If they fail to bring N100 million and 10 brand new Honda motorcycles known as Boko Haram by Tuesday, I can assure you they will use trucks to evacuate the bodies of the remaining students.”

He warned security agencies not to waste their time planting trackers on the motorcycles, saying his members do not go to cities and would, therefore, difficult to arrest.