Families of 8 abducted NYSC members cry out, lambast Akwa Ibom govt

The families of the eight Akwa Ibom National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members who were kidnapped by bandits on the Zamfara highway on their way to orientation camp in Sokoto State on August 17 has revealed that none of the corpers have managed to escape or been set free.

This was contained in a report published by Vanguard on Tuesday, with the relatives noting that the kidnappers had been demanding N100 million ransom for their release.

The abductors had raised the ransom to N200 million after the affected families paid N13 million initially demanded a few weeks ago.