According to a report by DAILY POST on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, six law students kidnapped along the Wukari-Zaki-Biam expressway in Benue State have finally regained their freedom after six days in captivity.
One of the victims, David Obiorah, who is currently a student at the Nigerian Law School, Yola campus, shared his emotional account of the traumatic experience.
He recalled the moment their bus was hijacked, saying at first, he believed it was a typical Fulani kidnapping, based on what he had seen or heard in the news.
However, as the attackers spoke and moved around them, he noticed something different about their appearance and language.
Obiorah said their tone and dialect resembled that of the Tiv people, an ethnic group native to Benue State, which gave him a sudden jolt of fear and uncertainty.
Realizing that the kidnappers were not who he initially thought they were made him feel even more vulnerable, as he had no idea what to expect.
He admitted that fear gripped him immediately, and the thought that they might be killed in the forest crossed his mind more than once.
It was his first time encountering such a life-threatening situation, and the reality of it unfolding right before him was both surreal and terrifying.
However, amidst the fear and confusion, one of the kidnappers told them not to worry, assuring them that they would not be harmed or killed.
Obiorah said that assurance, though difficult to fully trust at the time, gave him a small sense of relief and hope as they were led deeper into the forest.
He said, “When they hijacked the bus, at first, I thought it was Fulanis as usual, but their appearance and tone was of Tiv language, that is Benue state. So, I was scared, it has never happened to me, I felt we were going to be killed. But then, they told us that they weren’t going to kill any of us, so, felt relieved to an extent.”
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