The bandits who abducted 62 women accompanying a bride to her matrimonial home at Damari, Sabuwa LGA of Katsina State have threatened to marry the bride and sell off the women.
The women were kidnapped alongside the bride last Thursday.
In a viral video showing the captives, the bandits threatened to tie the wedding knot between the already married lady and one of them unless relations of the captors paid a ransom of N100 million to them.
They also vowed to sell off the kidnapped wedding guests, if their demands were not met.
Cladded in police uniform in a footage, a gang leader who taunted the government said they would marry off the bride if the ransom was not paid.
“I am the one who abducted them, and I will never release them until ransom is paid. And if there is anyone who thinks they could rescue them, they should try it,” he said.
Some of the captives were also seen in the footage with AK-47 rifles hung around their necks, while the bride was seen dressed in an army uniform, with one of the bandits saying “Here is the bride adorned in army uniform”.
The captives were heard pleading for help; asking their relations to pay the ransom.
Meanwhile, the family of the bride has confirmed that the terrorists were demanding a ransom of N100 million for the release of all the captives.
Haruna Abdullahi, an uncle of the bride, stated: “They are asking for N100 million as ransom. None of us has ever seen that amount of money; so I told them directly that we don’t have such funds.”
