COLLEAGUES and friends of Major Christopher Datong are reportedly trying to discreetly raise the ransom to rescue him from his terrorist abductors, Daily Times is reporting.
Major Christopher Datong was identified as the officer kidnapped when suspected bandits attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna in late August, which also led to two other officers losing their lives.
The kidnappers later reportedly contacted the military authorities and demanded a ransom of N200m be paid for his release but no official update has been given since then.
It was gathered that friends of Datong, who has spent 17 days in the captivity of the bandits, are keeping their ransom efforts as anonymous as possible in order not to incur punishments from the military authorities which are still bent on an option of search-and-rescue.
A top military source revealed that a ransom was being prepared among his friends in the Nigerian Army.
According to the source, the ransom would be paid to the bandits through some religious negotiators.
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