Elijah Adebero
Parents of the girls kidnapped from the Federal Girl’s College, Yawuri, Kebbi State, have said that the abductors had been forcefully marrying their daughters.
They claimed the kidnappers had been sending them video footages, showing that their children are already married.
They said they had also been making the girls to accordingly speak to them on phone.
It has been almost two weeks since the students were abducted while in school.
One of the students’ parents told the BBC that every time they called their captors, they would tell them that their children were safe.
However, he said the kidnappers were informing them that they did not want a compromise with them but the Government.
“Sometimes they call and give the phone to our daughters to talk to us. If your child has your number then they will call and talk to you, But I have never spoken with my daughter since the time they were abducted,” he said.
He added that since the abduction, only 10 children had been called by their parents to speak to the students.
He said the parents held a meeting and went to the Kebbi State Government, “the Governor expressed his concern and said action would be taken, today is about two weeks but we have not heard anything”.
He added that they were in a state of panic as the Eid was approaching, “everyone’s house is happy, but our homes are in a state of anxiety and sadness”.
