Olayomi Koiki

KADUNA, Nigeria – Terrorists locally dubbed as bandits in Nigeria have released a Customary Court female judge, Janet Gimba, who was abducted along with her four children on Sunday.

The judge’s husband, Dr. Musa Gimba who confirmed the release, said the children are still being held by the bandits.

Gimba, a medical doctor said the terrorists are demanding N150 million ransom for the release of the remaining children within three days while threatening to kill them for failure to pay the money.

ASP Mansir Hassan, spokesman for the Kaduna State Police Command said the assailants killed the 14-year-old eldest son of the judge, Victor.

He said officers found Victor’s corpse at Ungwan Bayero, Duste village near too gate along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway on Tuesday, July 2, 2024.

The police spokesman said in the wake of the incident, the command and other sister security agencies are working tirelessly to rescue the victims and arrest the terrorists.

A human rights lawyer and Chief Executive Officer of the House of Justice, Gloria Ballason, in a statement on Wednesday, said the judge and her four children were kidnapped by the bandits on Sunday.

“The abductors, reported to have been about 15, took their captives hostage and demanded a huge sum as ransom.

“On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, the terrorists shot dead the 14-year-old first son of the judge when the ransom demanded could not be obtained,” Ballason had said.

The attorney had described the murder of Victor, the 14-year-old son of the Judge as “grisly and blood-curdling”, stating that no parent deserved the horror of watching their child being killed in such cold, callous manner.

She had called on the Nigerian security agencies, the Governor of Kaduna state, the Nigeria Bar Association and the Judiciary to rise to the urgency of the moment for the protection of the lives of the judge and her children and to ensure justice was served.

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