There is fear that pupils of an Islamiyah school, Niger State, who are in kidnapers’ den are going through serious health issues.
There are reports that they are being starved, with some of them not being able to move their legs again.
According to one of the parents of the pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyyah School, where the over 150 pupils were abducted last Sunday, May 30, this was disclosed by the principal of the school, Abubakar Hassan, during an interview with AriseTV today June 2.
Hassan said the bandits had contacted him and asked for N300 million but that the ransom had been reduced to 110 million.
The principal added, ”What pains me most is that I pleaded with the bandits to allow me talk to one of the teachers. When I spoke to her, she was complaining to me that they have started beating them and that there was no food, water. She said some of the kids cannot move their legs.
“We are in a bad situation here.
“One of the kid’s parents is now dead because of the incident. She has only one child and when she heard what happened, she fainted. They took her to the hospital where she died yesterday evening.
”The government agencies have not intervened. The SSG spoke to us through his wife. The wife called me and she gave the phone to him and we were able to talk. During the conversation, he promised that they are going to intervene and up till now as I am talking to you, none of them came to sympathise with us.”
