Hon. Chinedu Nsofor, a survivor of a bandits kidnapping incident, has recounted his experience in captivity after he was abducted while returning to Abuja for his screening, describing how the kidnappers carefully monitored the language used by their victims during communication with family members.
Speaking during an interview from 13:02 on Lucky Udu Experience, Nsofor recalled that the kidnappers communicated mostly in pidgin and Hausa language and closely controlled every conversation made by those in captivity with the outside world.
“They were speaking pidgin. So they were communicating with us in pidgin, and they were communicating in the Hausa language amongst themselves. But whenever we were to call our people, they insisted it must be in English or pidgin. We were not permitted to speak vernacular or our native language because they wanted to be sure that we would not set them up using our native language.”
Nsofor explained that the abductors appeared highly cautious and organised in the way they handled their victims, noting that they feared being exposed through conversations conducted in local dialects and therefore restricted communication to languages they could easily understand.
According to him, the experience revealed the level of coordination among criminal groups operating along major routes, adding that victims were constantly observed and instructed on how to behave while in captivity….Read_More…