A Lagos-Ibadan highway kidnap victim,
Aminat Taiwo, who is now free has revealed that her abductors treated her specially as she escaped being maltreated while in captivity.
She expressed that bandits were brutal to other abductors in captivity as bandits would always tie ropes around men’s necks and dragged them around the bush while others get flogged.
According to her, they identified as a Muslim after she told them her name as Aminat Taiwo and at that moment, they cut her some slack, stating that she is a Muslim and they worship the same Allah.
Aminat said, ‘I was not really maltreated because when I told them my name is Aminat, they said: ‘You are a Muslim, and we are worshiping the same Allah’.
Aminat revealed that the bandits were putting on police and soldiers’ uniforms with their faces covered with masks and they were armed to the teeth, wielding AK-47, Knives and other dangerous weapons when they ambushed them on the road.
Speaking with PUNCH, Aminat recalled that the bandits did not take them to their main hideout, instead they were moving in the bush and they slept wherever the night meets them. She added that two people were able to escape on the first night but the bandits doubled up after that.
She added that the bandits were Hausas but they understand and speak Yoruba fluently. She also revealed that many of the bandits were young and some of them can’t be older than 16 years old but they were all armed.
Aminat disclosed that she was released after ransom was paid. By the time she left, she said there were still many victims left in captivity. She said some had been shot and they had no access to medical treatment.
