According to reliable sources, a 16-year-old female student who was kidnapped from Birnin Yauri Federal Government College in Kebbi State gave birth to a child while being held captive.
She is one of the 11 pupils still being held captive after gunmen kidnapped over 100 students and 8 teachers.
On June 17, 2021, they also murdered a police officer in the mixed-gender boarding school.
Security personnel were able to rescue some of the students a few days after their kidnapping, while others managed to flee from the assailants as they were removing them.
30 students and 30 teachers were also released by the bandits.
Our sources claim that the girl, whose identity could not be verified as of press time, gave birth to a boy in the abductors' camp in the forest.
One of the sources told Prime 9ja Online that the parents of the 11 remaining schoolgirls in captivity expressed great concern despite payments of ransom and prisoner swaps with abductors at different times.
The source added: “When the government, especially Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, ruled out negotiation with the armed group, which demanded ransom, families of the abducted students contributed and paid the ransom for the release of their daughters.
“It is disheartening that the bandits collected huge ransoms and married off some of the victims and yet refused to release the remaining abductees.”