The kidnappers of a pregnant woman Sumayya Abubakar have threatened to kill her if their demand of N20 million is not met in the next 24 hours.
They had earlier given a 48-hour ultimatum on Tuesday in a telephone conversation with her father Abubakar Yusuf.
The kidnappers told Mr Yusuf that they killed a 20-year-old Surajo Umar, Yusuf’s neighbour who was also in their custody.
Ms Abubakar and Mr Umar were abducted in October alongside four others in Zurmi, a village in Dauran town, Zamfara State.
“The situation our daughter, who was two months pregnant, has found herself – in the bush with the kidnappers – without food and water, is terrible.
“The abductors are insisting we pay N150 million before they would be released. They later reduced it to N30 million, N20 million for Sumayya and N10 million for Surajo.
“The day those twins were released, my house was something else. It has gotten to a point where, even to eat food is a problem, because any time I think of it, I feel as if my heart would burst,” Yusuf said.
Two victims (twin sisters) were released in November after payment of ransom to the kidnappers by the victims’ relatives and support from politicians.
In an audio clip that went viral, one of the twins was heard pleading for help from both the government and the general public.
She said some kidnapped victims, whose families could not pay the ransom to free them, were slaughtered in their presence.
Two other victims said to be brothers, nine and ten years old, were also reportedly released after payment of ransom.
