Two staff members of the Federal University, Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State put their lives on the line to regain freedom after spending five days in kidnappers’ den

Word was rife in Kastina that one other person kidnapped by terrorists also managed to escape from his abductors after they were whisked away from their residence located in the Government Reservation Area (GRA), Dutsinma, at about 1:30 am.

The victims were said to have escaped from their abductors’ den located in a dreaded forest reserve in Safana Local Government Area, just when the suspected terrorists were still negotiating for ransoms.

The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Armaya’u Bichi, who confirmed the incident to The Guardian on Tuesday afternoon said: “They all escaped after five days in captivity from Safana forest.”

Federal University, Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State is seen as a major cash cow by terrorists in and outside the state since the abduction of five female students of the institution last October. Some of the female students were reported to have spent several weeks in captivity before regaining their freedom.

Recall that a lecturer in the Department of Economics at the institution, Prof. Richard Kyaram, his son Solomon, and a staff member of the Registry Department, Dr. Hamza, were also kidnapped on June 3.

Irked by the rate of insecurity in the state, Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, described bandits in Katsina as demons who must be flushed out to regain the lost glory of the state.

Radda hinted that the State Government was actively working with the Federal Government and all relevant security agencies to implement a comprehensive security strategy to end the menace of banditry.

It remains to be seen how Radda intends to checkmate the rising tide of insecurity in the state following wanton destruction of lives and property in the state after where bandits laid siege on Gidan Boka village, Kankara Local Government Area, and slaughtered over 26 people in cold blood early this month.