The bandits had initially demanded N110 million for the release of the victims, mostly girls, with a threat that if the money was not delivered, they would be killed.
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Gunmen suspected to be bandits who abducted 156 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town of the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state have increased the ransom for their release to N200 million, IgbereTV has learned.
According to SaharaReporters, the bandits had initially demanded N110 million for the release of the victims, mostly girls, with a threat that if the money was not delivered, they would be killed.
We had reported how gunmen on May 30 broke into the private school where they abducted children attending Islamic lectures.
Principal of the school, Abubakar Hassan, said the bandits had contacted him and asked for N300 million but that the ransom had been reduced to N110 million.