A father in Katsina State, Sai’du Faskari, has resorted to removing the roof of his house in order to raise money to pay the ransom for his kidnapped son.
Katsina Post, which shared photos of the man removing the roof said that the old man had been kidnapped too and his family had to raise the sum of N50,000 for ransom.
However, at the point of paying his own ransom, the terrorists abducted his son and demanded N100,000 as ransom.
To raise the new ransom, Faskari decided to remove his roof.
Faskari local government is one of the frontline areas in the state for bandits’ attacks.
The area was among the 13 where Governor Aminu Masari shut down mobile telecommunications networks as part of efforts to curtail insecurity.
A local journalist working with an online news website, Katsina Daily Post News, Ibrahim Bawa, posted a video clip and pictures of the man while his roofing sheet was being removed.
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Mr Bawa, who is also from Faskari, told Newsflash Nigeria that the elderly man had been unable to gather the ransom money.
Mr Faskari was himself kidnapped in December and spent 13 days with the bandits. When his son went to pay the N50,000 ransom, the bandits released the old man and apprehended the son.
They are now demanding an N100,000 ransom from the old man.
In the video clip, Mr Faskari was heard saying he was doing it for his son.
“They (bandits) kidnapped my son day before yesterday (Thursday). He had gone to pay the ransom money for my release. I spent 13 days in their den. When my children gathered the N50,000 one of my sons was asked to take the ransom but the bandits released me and apprehended him. I don’t even have what to eat not to talk of the money to go and pay ransom.”
The police spokesperson in the state, Gambo Isa, could not be reached on phone for his comment.
