Parents of the kidnapped students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna state said they were asked to pay a whopping N500 million ransom before their children would be released from captivity.
They also said they have lost hope in government’s intervention of securing the release of their children.
Although 10 of the students were released by the gunmen and have since reunited with their respective families, the remaining were still held in the bush since 11 of March, 2021.
During a press conference in Kaduna on Friday, spokesperson of the parents, Mr Friday Sani, said the gunmen have started calling them personally requesting ransom amounting to N500million for the release of their children.