FUDMA Kidnap: Bandits demand N300 million for release of abducted children

• The bandits reached out to his widow, demanding a ransom of N300 million for the release of their two abducted children
  

In the early hours of Tuesday, July 2, 2024, Dr. Tiri Gyan David, Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), was gunned down by bandits at his residence in Yarima Quarters, Low-Cost Estate in the Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State, northwest Nigeria.

The bandits also abducted two of his children.

The bandits who murdered Dr. David reached out to his widow, demanding a ransom of N300 million for the release of their two abducted children.

A family friend told SaharaReporters on Sunday about the terrorists’ demand.

The source said the terrorists “called Dr. David’s widow in the early hours of Sunday and his younger brother answered the call”.

“They demanded N300 million and his widow replied in the background telling them that ‘you’ve killed the person who may have probably been able to get something for you guys,’” the source said.

“I’m a widow and not a working-class type, how do you expect me to raise that kind of ransom?” she was quoted to have asked.

It was gathered that after hearing her voice, the terrorist on the phone asked, “Are you the woman whose two boys are here with us?”

According to the source, they ended the call and promptly switched off their phone, cutting off all further communication.