The abductors of 13 teenage female farmers in Borno State are demanding N10 million ransom, according to family members.

Daily Trust had reported how Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists abducted the female farmers on Saturday.

Speaking to our correspondent on Tuesday, a relative of one of the abductees, said they contacted one of the female farmers who regained freedom.

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“You know, it’s not that the girl escaped on her own. The abductors deliberately released her after realizing that she was a breast feeding mother.”

“And, before she left, one of the abductors confiscated her phone and gave her a new SIM card, instructing her to insert it in a phone when she arrived home.

“Immediately the SIM was inserted, the phone call came in, and the abductors demanded a ransom of N10 million for their release,” he said.

He said the demand put forward by the assailants has thrown the community into a very difficult situation.

“We are a poor farming community scrambling for what to eat. Where can we get such an amount of money to secure the release of these girls?,” he decried

He appealed to the government and well-to-do in the society to help in facilitating the release of the young girls currently suffering in the hands of their abductors.

When contacted, the spokesman of Borno State Police command, ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso, said he was not aware of the development, but promised to reach out for update and revert.

He also assured the community of police commitment to ensure safe return of their children.