My kidnappers pray a lot, serve God and Juju –Siasia’s mum

October 7, 2019
Mother of the former head coach of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, Mrs Beauty Siasia, talks about her ordeal in the hands of kidnappers who held her hostage for 77 days, in this interview with DANIELS IGONI

Can you recall how you were kidnapped on July 15, 2019?

I was in my house on that day when they came and abducted me. They took me to a strange place. I was sick at the time. I had high blood pressure. They took care of me. They bought some drugs for me. They cooked food and gave me some to eat. They didn’t beat me. There were some days when there was no food to eat. We drank garri on such days.


Sometimes, they prepared eba and soup and we ate. But one day, they told me we had stayed too long and they were tired of our problem. They carried us in a boat and dropped us in a village. I don’t know the name of the village. They carried us to their chairman’s place. I don’t even know the man, but they called him Seiyefa.

How do you feel now?

I am not feeling fine. As I am talking to you, I am not well. Before they took me away, I was not well. I want to go to the hospital.


Where did they keep you?

I was kept in a small house that was roofed with tarpaulin.

What kind of water were you given to drink?

This is rainy season. They kept a rubber container, which they used to collect rain water. That was what they gave us to drink.

Did they allow you to speak with any member of your family on the telephone?


No, they didn’t. Who will give you a phone to speak with anybody? They didn’t allow me to speak with anyone on the phone.


No, they didn’t.

How would you describe the way you were kidnapped?

I was sleeping when they broke down the door and entered my house. They were many. I didn’t count them, but I know they were many. They carried me from the house and put me in a boat.

How many engines did the boat have?

The boat had one engine.

Was there electricity in the camp where they kept you?

No, there was no electricity. They used torchlight.

Can you guess the kidnappers’ ages?

They are young men, old enough to be my grandsons.

How did you return to your home?

They brought me back. I had been with them for three months. I kept telling them to let me go. I think they were also tired of keeping us. So one day, around midnight, they put us in a boat and dropped me in a village. I don’t know the name of the village. Someone mentioned it, but I can’t remember now. They asked us to alight from the boat. Then they called my people and told them to pick me there.

Why are you always being targeted by kidnappers?

They told me that my son, Samson, had a lot of money. They said he was a very wealthy man, a millionaire. But they could not get Samson. Samson’s father is old. I am also an old woman, not a young woman. I did nothing wrong to those people. This is the second time they have kidnapped me. I have not done anyone any wrong. But I will not say anything. Only God knows everything.

While you were in their custody, did you pray to God for help?

I prayed very hard, but the kidnappers prayed more than I did. It seemed like they knew about God more than I did. But they served God and juju. We never gathered at anytime to pray together. They tied charms around their bodies and carried guns.

Are you happy to be back home?

What kind of happiness is that? Although I have regained my freedom and I am back home, I am not happy. I have suffered a lot in the kidnappers’ den. I don’t even know the people who kidnapped me. I am not happy at all.


Are you praying they should not kidnap you again?

When I was with them, I kept warning them to leave me alone because of my age. Henceforth, none of them should come near my house again. What did they mean by saying that my son had a lot of money? This is the second time I have been kidnapped in less than 10 years. I told them to warn other members of their gang not to dare come near me again. They made me to suffer a lot. If what I suffered is good in their eyes, they will also suffer the same fate. They should be arrested, thrown into jail and tortured. I don’t know them.

https://punchng.com/my-kidnappers-pray-a-lot-serve-god-and-juju-siasias-mum/

Wahala for Nigeria. Sorry mama, welcome back. Eyaa kidnapped twice in 10 yrs. To get pikin for Naija again with money na kasala. Boys go just they reason dem Siasia and dem Mikel to collect their own returns

She really went through a lot.

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Commentor:
She really went through a lot.

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shatap

Funny enough, Siasia is currently going through some serious issues.
FIFA might completely ban him from football for life.
My thoughts and Prayers are with the Samsons.

The kidnappers should be arrested and punished accordingly.

achikolo:
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rule 2

Nawao. Na person pikin be dis?

Sweating all over the places over nothing.

Crofton:
Funny enough, Siasia is currently going through some serious issues.

FIFA might completely ban him from football for life.

My thoughts and Prayers are with the Samsons.

Samson?

Like Samson Ndubuisi or Samson Ochonogor?

Commentor:


This guy would never learn.

I swear the man just dey funny me.

Only God knows who did this to him.

And for his mind, he is very hardworking, sweating all over the places, on top wetin na?

Simplyleo:

I swear the man just dey funny me.

Only God knows who did this to him.

And for his mind, he is very hardworking, sweating all over the places, on top wetin na?

His master would not grant him dinner without commensurate work.

It's not easy to be a slave.

Commentor:


I fired him a daisy cutter.

Wetin dey funny me be the time and strength wey he commit to this insignificant thing he is doing. I actually want to be ignoring him, but the way the thing to wey funny me no be here o. As in, on top wetin person go dey suffer himself like dis?

Day and night o.

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Commentor:


His master would not grant him dinner without commensurate work.

It's not easy to be a slave.

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Simplyleo:

Wetin dey funny me be the time and strength wey he commit to this insignificant thing he is doing. I actually want to be ignoring him, but the way the thing to wey funny me no be here o. As in, on top wetin person go dey suffer himself like dis?

Day and night o.

That demon in him requires exorcism.

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Commentor:


That demon in him requires exorcism.

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achikolo:
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trash

Commentor:


That demon in him requires exorcism.

There is no any demon in him, he is just jobless ni.

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Simplyleo:

I swear the man just dey funny me.

Only God knows who did this to him.

And for his mind, he is very hardworking, sweating all over the places, on top wetin na?

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shut up

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Commentor:


That demon in him requires exorcism.

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Simplyleo:

There is no any demon in him, he is just jobless ni.

Joblessness has a demon lurking around its corner.

Commentor:

Samson?
Like Samson Ndubuisi or Samson Ochonogor?

Brah, I been think say na Samson be the family name Sha.

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Simplyleo:

Wetin dey funny me be the time and strength wey he commit to this insignificant thing he is doing. I actually want to be ignoring him, but the way the thing to wey funny me no be here o. As in, on top wetin person go dey suffer himself like dis?

Day and night o.

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trash

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Commentor:


Joblessness has a demon lurking around its corner.

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Commentor:


Joblessness has a demon lurking around its corner.

I can tell you for free, there is no any shikili demon in him. He has no job, that's all.

How can an old man with something doing have this luxury of time making about 500 comments per day on a public forum when you not getting paid? God forbid.

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Commentor:


This guy would never learn.

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trash

Crofton:



Brah, I been think say na Samson be the family name Sha.

Ok but na Siasia be the family name.

Even mama is Beauty Siasia.