ONE of the abducted students from Kuriga in Chikun Local Council of Kaduna State, who managed to escape the captors, Mustapha Abubakar, has disclosed that he had to hide in a shrub while they were being moved by the bandits into the forest until he was able to escape.
Abubakar, one of the about 280 schoolchildren kidnapped from the school, but among the 28 that managed to escape and return to their families, in an interview with the BBC Hausa, monitored on Monday, narrated how he escaped: “We trekked in the bush; sometimes we crawled.
“We were so thirsty that some of the girls were becoming weak and falling down due to tiredness. The bandits were lifting them up and putting some of them on motorcycles.
“Afterwards, we reached a big river where we drank water and continued trekking. There was a plane that hovered above us. That was when the bandits ordered us to remove one of our clothes and lie down.
“Even the bandits were exhausted. They had no food and were eating leaves and wild fruits. They gave us nothing to eat.
“While we were moving, I noticed a shrub that was brown in colour, like my trouser. I hid inside and crawled like a snake. I was there until it was completely silent before I came out and headed to the bush.
“I later met an old man who had difficulty walking. I asked him the pathway to the main road or any close place so that I could get water to drink.
“I had a marathon race. I was exhausted, but I pushed on, as evening time was approaching. I later arrived at Gayan, a community near us, and that was how I eventually escaped.”
