Bandits Release Video of Two Abducted Women Pleading for Freedom

B Bandits have released a disturbing video showing two young women who were abducted over a month ago while travelling to Sokoto State, sparking renewed concern over rising insecurity in parts of northern Nigeria.

In the footage circulating online, the victims appeared visibly traumatised, exhausted and unkempt as they cried and pleaded for help from the public and relevant authorities.

A teacher, Mrs. Aisha Al-Mustapha, who shared the video on X, identified one of the captives as her friend, Maryam. She said the young woman was kidnapped while travelling from Zamfara State to Sokoto State to resume school.

In the video, the women repeatedly cried out, “Please help us. Help us out,” as they appealed for their release.

At one point, an armed man speaking in Hausa was heard in the background taunting the captives and urging them to speak louder about their ordeal. His voice suggested that the women were being coerced into addressing the camera.

Lamenting the prolonged captivity, Al-Mustapha wrote: “My friend Maryam has been in captivity for the past one month. Her only sin was travelling to go to school from Zamfara to Sokoto.

“It really pains me how banditry has been normalised and human beings are being priced like animals.”