A new video clip has surfaced online showing that the Nigerian government and the bandits who kidnapped the Kebbi schoolgirls negotiated and arrived at a deal before the girls were set free.
Recall that the government claims no ransom was paid prior to the release of some kidnapped girls abducted by bandits from Government Girls Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, who were freed on Tuesday.
However, a video that has leaked online shows that before the girls were released, the administration had talked with the bandits.
In the clip shared by @AM_Saleeem on X, one of the armed men is heard questioning the schoolgirls about military aircraft that flew over the forest during their captivity.
He asks how many jets passed above them, and the girls respond, “uncountable.”
The bandits then claimed that the authorities had to bargain because they were unable to rescue the students by force. The girls were questioned by the kidnappers on their captivity.
“Did we leave you hungry?” one bandit asked.
“No,” the girls replied.
“Were you assaulted in any way?” he asked again.
“No,” they answered.
Another kidnapper told them, “We will take you back home safe to your parents, we are doing this based on peace deals.”
He also mocked the government again, asking, “How many helicopters did you see hover around?” The students replied that they could not count them.
At the end of the video, one of the abductors declared, “We are letting you go after negotiations. Your government cannot rescue you with might. Your government has failed.”
The clip surfaced soon after Bello Matawalle, the Minister of State for Defence, and Nasir Idris, the governor of Kebbi State, declared that all kidnapped students had been released.
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