Boko Haram Demands N3.52billion For 176 Kidnapped Woro Residents In Kwara
- egunjobi samuel
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EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Demands N3.52Billion For 176 Kidnapped Woro Residents In Kwara As Negotiations Stall –Community Sources
Fresh revelations have emerged about the fate of the 176 residents abducted from Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, with community sources alleging that terrorists have demanded N20 million ransom for each victim while negotiations with the state government have stalled.
Sources familiar with the situation told SaharaReporters that the silence from authorities in recent weeks is linked to ongoing but unsuccessful negotiations between representatives of the government and the terrorists suspected to be members of Boko Haram.
According to a community source who spoke with SaharaReporters on Sunday evening, the insurgents had already contacted intermediaries and placed a heavy financial demand on the families and the government.
“The terrorists have already reached out through negotiators,” the source said. “They demanded N20 million for each of the 176 abducted people. That is the offer on the table now.”
This amounts to N3,520,000,000 (N3.52 billion).
The source explained that the Kwara State Government is currently unwilling to pay the ransom demanded by the terrorists, which has led to a stalemate in discussions.
“What is causing the silence from the government is that the negotiation has not succeeded,” the source added. “The government is not willing to pay that amount, so the discussion is still ongoing behind the scenes.”
According to the insider, residents are not aware of any concrete plan to launch a military operation into the forest where the victims are believed to be held.
“The soldiers are only stationed within the primary school in Woro, they are not entering the forest. This is the same thing that happened at Eruku, when people were kidnapped and later released. They did not go in search of the terrorists; they later reached an agreement with them and the victims were released. Nobody has been arrested till date,” the source alleged.
“What they are trying to do instead is to find a way to negotiate and possibly pay ransom.”
Meanwhile, families of the abducted residents say the prolonged uncertainty has left them in deep anguish, particularly as weeks have passed without any new communication from the terrorists.
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