Jonathan Nwokpor
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The Nigerian government and the bandits who kidnapped the Kebbi schoolgirls negotiated and came to an agreement before the kids were released, according to a recently released video.
Recall that the government claims no ransom was paid prior to the release of some kidnapped girls from Government Girls Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, who were freed on Tuesday.
However, a video that has leaked online shows that before the girls were released, the administration had talked with the kidnappers.
One of the armed guys can be heard asking the schoolgirls about military planes that flew over the jungle while they were being held captive in the video that @AM_Saleeem posted on X.
The girls reply, “uncountable,” when he asked how many jets flew over them.
The abductor then claims that the authorities had to bargain because they were unable to save the pupils by force. The girls were questioned by the kidnappers on their captivity.
One bandit questioned, “Did we leave you hungry?”
“No,” the girls replied.
“Were you assaulted in any way?” he asked again.
“No,” they answered.
Another kidnapper told them, “We will take you back home safe to your parents, we are doing this based on peace deals.”
He also mocked the government again, asking, “How many helicopters did you see hover around?” The students replied that they could not count them.
At the end of the video, one of the abductors declared, “We are letting you go after negotiations. Your government cannot rescue you with might. Your government has failed.”
The video surfaced soon after Bello Matawalle, the Minister of State for Defense, and Nasir Idris, the governor of Kebbi State, declared that all kidnapped students had been released.
After armed men invaded their school and killed the vice-principal, the girls were abducted. Later, while officials were getting ready to take them to Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, they were spotted grinning inside a bus.
The students will be turned over to their parents today (Wednesday), according to the authorities.
Watch the video below
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