ASHENEWS reports that a former minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isah Ali Pantami has announced that his friend has offered to pay the sum of N50 million to secure the release of five sisters abducted in Abuja.
The ex-minister stated this through his official X-handle on Sunday evening.
This online platform reports that the girls and their father, Mansoor Al-Kadriyar were abducted on January 9.
One of the abducted girls, Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar was killed on Friday by her abductors over the failure of the family to pay the ransom.
Her death had sparked outrage among social media users, who had commenced a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to secure the release of the remaining sisters.
Announcing the payment, Pantami said that his friend, who was not named had offered to pay N50 million out of the N60 million demanded by the kidnappers.
His tweet read “Alhamdu lil Laah!
I am personally not in support of paying ransom to criminals. However, since it becomes clear, we lost our daughter Nabeeha yesterday, and the 5 remaining daughters have been threatened, as I spoke with the father on the matter yesterday and today.
“Furthermore, I spoke with a friend and a brother who offered to pay the remaining 50 million Naira of the 60m immediately. I conveyed the account number of the father of pur daughters, Mansoor Al-Kadriyar, to the friend and brother to send the money directly. Any additional amount earlier generated from yesterday, the father can use to treat the daughters and other family members in sha Allah.
“May the Almighty Allah reward the bother and friend with Jannatul Firdaus for the donation. May He also reward all those who contributed in any way with Jannatul Firdaus, too. May He also forgive Nabeeha and rescue her sisters. May the Almighty also help our security agencies to bring an end to these challenges. May Nigeria be a better place for all of us.
“I love Nigeria.
#Najeebahandhersisters”
Until her gruesome death in the hands of her kidnappers, Nabeeha was a 400-level student of biological science at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
