A Nigerian journalist, Jaafar Jaafar, has narrated how a family were asked to pay a huge ransom and supply other things to criminal bandits who abducted their relative.

According to him, the family paid N35m ransom, bought 6 brand new motorcycles with full tanks, 12 bags of rice, 5 beans, cartons of whiskey, hard drugs and other items to secure the release of their loved one.

“A friend yesterday narrated a painful story of how his family paid through their nose to secure the release of a relative from bandits,” he said in a post on Wednesday.

“Although they sought security clearance before they started the journey, soldiers detained them midway. They later allowed them to proceed to the bandits’ enclace after profiling. Well, even soldiers, police, customs paid ransom to secure release of their kidnapped personnel.”