HeadlineBoko Haram Releases Video Of Abducted UNIMAID Staff Begging For Freedom

Boko Haram Releases Video Of Abducted UNIMAID Staff Begging For Freedom

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BEVERLY HILLS, July 29, (THEWILL) – The Boko Haram sect has released a video of three out of the four missing staff of the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, calling on the government of Nigeria to negotiate their release.

The victims were abducted after the terrorists ambushed them and killed five of their colleagues. This happened on Tuesday as they were returning from an oil exploration trip to the Lake Chad Basin.

The casualty from that attack also include staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, soldiers and members of the civilian joint task force.

In the 4 minutes, 30 second video, the three kidnapped staffers of UNIMAID were seen sitting in a room in which the walls were covered with purple clothing designed with roses.

They took turn to personally introduce themselves thus: Yusuf Ibrahim, a lecturer, Geology department, University of Maiduguri; Haruna…a driver from the University of Maiduguri; and Dr. Solomon, a lecturer from the University of Maiduguri. The latter sat in the middle.

Speaking briefly in Hausa before switching to English, Solomon confirmed that they were abducted on July 25 by Boko Haram fighters whom he referred to as “soldiers of Khalifa Albarnawi”, when they were carrying out geological survey services for the NNPC on behalf of the University of Maiduguri.

Albarnawi is the leader of a faction of Boko Haram, which broke away from the group headed by Abub‎akar Shekau.

Solomon said the Nigeria government and all other relevant authorities linked with the service they were providing before they were abducted should comply with the demands of their abductors and ensure they are released alive.

He did not mention any specific condition; but warned that the use of excessive force to rescue them should not be an option the government of Nigeria should consider.

His message reads,
“We are recording this video on the 28 of July 2017. I want to reemphasise that we were caught on the 25th of July 2017

“I want to call on the entire community of University of Maiduguri, I also want to call on our coordinator of the project, Professor Saidu Baba, and Professor Adamu Zubama, I want to call on the leadership of ASUU under the leadership of Dani Mamman; I want to call on the Vice Chancellor University of Maiduguri, Professor Ibrahim Njodi; I want to call on the state governor, His Excellency Kashim Shettima, I want to call on the NNPC, for which this group is doing a collaborative work with the University of Maiduguri, under exploration; I want to call on the leadership of the NNPC to join in this rescue, Iwant to call on the entire media community to support this our cry so that we will be rescued alive.

“I want to call on the acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo to come to our rescue to meet the demand of soldiers of Khalifa under the leadership of Abu-Musab Al-Barnawi. They have promised us that if their demands are met, they will release us immediately to go back to the work we were caught doing. I want to call on the attention of the entire country that we were captured doing the work of exploration of acquiring gravity, magnetic and soil geo-chemistry for exploration in the Nigeria sector of the Chad basin which would boost the economy of the nation.

“We were caught while in the line of our service to the country, I want to call the attention of the acting president that we have seen the route we took up to this position where we are recording this video right now. I want to advise that the use of excessive force is not the solution and will not be the solution. We want to call on the federal government to meet this demand as they promised they will release us immediately. We call on Nigerians to support our cry to be rescued alive.”

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