gasparpisciotta:
Thank God for your life bro, you listened to your guardian angel, some don’t live to tell their story.

7victor:
Last year, I was looking for a room in Sokoto state.

My rent had expired in Runjin sambo where I was living and I didn't want to pay such exorbitant price because someone told me I could get a cheap price at kwanawa.

Then on the 13th of August,2020, I left my room in Runjin sambo to go to kwanawa.

Something told me to carry some thousands of naira with me.

I just felt the urge to carry some money in my pocket.

I usually keep all my money in the house and only go out with the money that I want to spend for that moment.

I don't usually carry up to N10,000 with me if I am going out no matter how much I get.

But that day, I felt an urge to carry extra cash with me.

The money I carried that day was about N 8,000, although I can't really remember.

I climbed bike and as we entered an area in kwanawa along Sokoto/Gusau highway,

where there are no houses but open Savannah with short trees,

I was blocked by some bandits who normally come out suddenly to kidnap people.

They took me off the bike and took me inside the bush.

They let the bike man to go.

As they were taking me inside the bush,I started pleading with them.

I told them I had some few thousands of naira with me, that they should collect it and release me.

I told them that they would still kidnap another person if they let me go.

So they should take all the money on me and let me go, since they would still kidnap another person.

At first, they refused.

They felt insulted when they discovered the money on me was not even up to N10,000.

These are the people whose aim is to collect millions as ransom.

I persevered by telling them to let me go and get another person.

I brought out all the money in my pocket and handed it over to one of them.

I said "please let me go.Use this to buy cigarettes.You can catch another person."

Suddenly,he collected the money and told the other kidnappers to let me go, that they would get someone else.

Others kidnappers didn't want to agree.

But he said they should release me.

Immediately they let me go and I started running out of the bush,

they came again to the road and pick up someone else.

If you are passing, you would not know that kidnapping is taking place, because they will just come out to the Sokoto/Gusau highway, pick 2 or 3 people and disappeared into the bush.

I thank God because he was the one who prompted me to carry some money with me otherwise I don't know if I would have been alive today.

Some people that were kidnapped ended up being killed.

The recent case was a Reverend in Sokoto who was beaten to death in the bush.

I use this medium to plead with the readers: Always listen to your heart when going out of the house.

If you feel a strong urge to carry something with you when going out, do so.

heendrix:


Omo you dey scare me o I plan come Sokoto con hustle but this one dey fear me big time

7victor:


You can still go there.Nothing to be scared of.

No place is safer than the other in Nigeria today.

It is God that protects.

Although I have left Sokoto for now.

valentineuwakwe:
what a story!
Thank God for your life....

StacyO:
I don't think Nigeria can overcome this issue of kidnapping.


Especially when they don't have trained and well equipped officers.

Talk more,skilled detectives.


Everyone should be mindful of where they go and how they move.

Cause trust me,in Nigeria,

No one gives a hoot about you. Even if you get kidnapped today,the government will only "express shock"





Let's all be guided.

heendrix:


I guess where you were going is near Zamfara I guess prolly reason for the abduction

7victor:


No it is not near Zamfara.

It is still in Sokoto state around the Gusau highway.

heendrix:


Ok bro but is safe in the city?? was Born in Wurnu but I can't navigate my way thr Sokoto plus I've forgotten how to speak Hausa again

7victor:

Ok.
Yes the city is safe.

heendrix:


And no problem being a Christian??

7victor:


There is no problem being a Christian.

There are so many southern Christians there.

People say that it is the most religious tolerant state in the north, but I don't know how true it is.

Religious violence is almost unheard of in Sokoto state.

heendrix:


Ok bro sorry for what happened, may God bring bout peace to the state n country at large

heendrix:


Omo you dey scare me o I plan come Sokoto con hustle but this one dey fear me big time

Thomthom:
which kind hustle be that... Bandits don full North you better stay for were you dey and hustle...

7victor:
Last year, I was looking for a room in Sokoto state.

My rent had expired in Runjin sambo where I was living and I didn't want to pay such exorbitant price because someone told me I could get a cheap price at kwanawa.

Then on the 13th of August,2020, I left my room in Runjin sambo to go to kwanawa.

Something told me to carry some thousands of naira with me.

I just felt the urge to carry some money in my pocket.

I usually keep all my money in the house and only go out with the money that I want to spend for that moment.

I don't usually carry up to N10,000 with me if I am going out no matter how much I get.

But that day, I felt an urge to carry extra cash with me.

The money I carried that day was about N 8,000, although I can't really remember.

I climbed bike and as we entered an area in kwanawa along Sokoto/Gusau highway,

where there are no houses but open Savannah with short trees,

I was blocked by some bandits who normally come out suddenly to kidnap people.

They took me off the bike and took me inside the bush.

They let the bike man to go.

As they were taking me inside the bush,I started pleading with them.

I told them I had some few thousands of naira with me, that they should collect it and release me.

I told them that they would still kidnap another person if they let me go.

So they should take all the money on me and let me go, since they would still kidnap another person.

At first, they refused.

They felt insulted when they discovered the money on me was not even up to N10,000.

These are the people whose aim is to collect millions as ransom.

I persevered by telling them to let me go and get another person.

I brought out all the money in my pocket and handed it over to one of them.

I said "please let me go.Use this to buy cigarettes.You can catch another person."

Suddenly,he collected the money and told the other kidnappers to let me go, that they would get someone else.

Other kidnappers didn't want to agree.

But he said they should release me.

Immediately they let me go and I started running out of the bush,

they came again to the road and pick up someone else.

If you are passing, you would not know that kidnapping is taking place, because they will just come out to the Sokoto/Gusau highway, pick 2 or 3 people and disappeared into the bush.

I thank God because he was the one who prompted me to carry some money with me otherwise I don't know if I would have been alive today.

Some people that were kidnapped ended up being killed.

The recent case was a Reverend in Sokoto who was beaten to death in the bush.

I use this medium to plead with the readers: Always listen to your heart when going out of the house.

If you feel a strong urge to carry something with you when going out, do so.

1F30M4:


Thank God for your life.. Yess you're very right, it's alwayss good to follow one's instincts or gut feeling, they're almost never wrong.. Good you found a way to get your offer across to them even when they refused initially.. I'm glad you're able to tell your story, not many lived to tell theirs