Kaduna mom, her two daughters, new child, and 5 others die in captivity six months after abduction

Eight residents, together with a mom and her youngsters, who have been kidnapped in Kaduna State, have handed away after six months in captivity.

Bandits stormed Awon village in Kachi Local Government Area of Southern Kaduna on April 20, 2026, abducting 11 residents.

Their abductors initially demanded N300 million ransom and 23 bikes for his or her launch, rejecting the agricultural neighborhood’s provide of a number of million naira and threatening that their victims would don’t have any entry to meals till the ransom is paid. One particular person later escaped.

However, a lady named Joy Samuel handed away on 28 August after giving start on the camp. The child additionally handed away.

Joy Samuel’s 14-year-old daughter, who was kidnapped alongside her, additionally handed away after she was reported to be critically sick.

Journalist, Reuben Buhari, who confirmed the most recent improvement in a Facebook publish on Thursday, October 22, mentioned Samuel’s 3-year-old daughter, Silvia, has additionally handed away.

Other victims, Yusuf Bawa, 34, and his five-year-old son have additionally handed away from illness and acute starvation.

Their captors reportedly decreased their ransom calls for and at the moment are requesting N9 million and 4 bikes for the discharge of the remaining captives, who they admitted have been in extraordinarily poor situation because of sickness and hunger.

According to Buhari, out of the eleven victims, solely two individuals are alive.

“Heartbreaking news: The little girl in the first picture, who had been held captive for more than five months by kidnappers, has passed away, joining her 14-year-old sister. Their mother had passed away earlier in the kidnappers’ camp after giving birth to a child who also died,”

“Recall that 11 people were kidnapped on April 20th from Awon village in Kachia LGA; one person later escaped. Eight of the victims have now passed, leaving only two people alive who have spent 185 days in captivity as of today — six months.

“The bandit kingpin generally known as Yellow One Million, who controls all kidnapping actions and owns all the abductors’ camps in Kachia and a part of Kajuru, personally confirmed to a current feminine escapee that he has unalived them.

“These pictures are of five of the eight who have passed away in the kidnapper’s camp.”