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A 21-year-old student of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, Zarah Abubakar Shehu, tragically lost her life in captivity, four months after being kidnapped alongside her two siblings.
Zarah, a 300-level student, was abducted from her residence in the Damba area of Gusau during the early hours of Sunday, November 3, 2024, by armed bandits.
Initially, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of N35 million for their release but later settled for N10 million after negotiations.
Despite receiving the payment, the captors refused to free Zarah, insisting on additional demands—four motorcycles (Boza) and four cartons of engine oil—before letting them go.
It took months of efforts to gather the requested items. However, when the gang leader was informed that the demands had been met, he contacted his men, only to be told that Zarah had already passed away and had been buried two days earlier.
Zarah was her mother’s only daughter.
