“How we were kept with hyenas, snakes” Former NYSC DG recounts harrowing ordeal in terrorists’ captivity

• Former NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga (rtd.), has spent implicit 2 months successful captivity and survived unsafe encounters with chaotic animals and terrorists
• The terrorists utilized abductees, including Tsiga, arsenic quality shields during subject airstrikes, endangering their lives to debar being targeted
• However, Tsiga, who expressed gratitude to nationalist information officials led by NSA Nuhu Ribadu, has narrated however helium and 18 different rescued kidnap victims fared successful captivity

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FCT, Abuja - Former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga (rtd), who spent implicit 2 months successful captivity, has recounted his harrowing acquisition successful the hands of terrorists and kidnappers.

Ex-NYSC brag Tsiga recounts 56- time ordeal successful kidnappers' den. Photo credit: Maharazu Tsiga Rtd
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Speaking with newsmen connected Thursdays, April 3, Tsiga revealed that helium and different abductees were held successful a dense wood surrounded by hills, teeming with unsafe animals.

The ex-NYSC DG described his endurance arsenic thing abbreviated of divine intervention, Vanguard reported.

The 72-year-old said:

“We were kept with unsafe animals—hyenas, snakes, and scorpions. A time earlier I was released, conscionable the time earlier yesterday, portion connected the upland wherever I was staying, we abruptly noticed a hyena circling us, looking for food. And what benignant of food? Us, quality beings.”“Throughout our clip there, we perpetually lived with snakes and scorpions. But the astir terrifying acquisition was however they treated those of america whose ranks they knew. Whenever troops attacked them, they would bring america retired and usage america arsenic quality shields, hoping to get america killed by the subject strikes. They wanted america to beryllium deed by the aircraft. But God is merciful.”“The National Security Adviser (NSA) and the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) person said it—the bully ones volition survive, and ultimately, the atrocious ones volition conscionable their end.”

Tsiga further narrated a peculiarly chilling acquisition involving an unexploded rocket:

“During an airstrike, a rocket was fired astatine the terrorists, but it didn’t explode. Instead, they carried the unexploded rocket and placed it wherever I was sleeping, hiding it successful a mode that if I touched it, it would detonate. Yet, by God’s mercy, I survived.”

Nuhu Ribadu receives erstwhile NYSC DG Tsiga, 18 different rescued kidnap victims. Photo credit: @el_uthmaan
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He besides highlighted the kidnappers’ content that subject officers person entree to authorities funds, which led them to onslaught his home.

“They judge that those of america successful azygous are fixed wealth by the government. That’s wherefore they tried to interruption into my house. They couldn’t, truthful they went to my location successful Kaduna and utilized explosives to destruct it, including the gates.”

Meanwhile, the National Counter Terrorism Center connected Thursday, April 3, handed implicit the erstwhile director-general (DG) of the NYSC, Maharazu Tsiga, to the nationalist information advisor (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu.

The handover took spot successful Abuja.

During the handover, NSA Ribadu commended the efforts of the information forces and quality agencies progressive successful the rescue cognition that freed Tsiga and 18 different kidnap victims.

Archbishop recounts 27-day ordeal successful kidnappers’ den

In different development, Legit.ng reported that ex-governor of Anambra state and statesmanlike campaigner of Labour Party, Peter Obi, visited, abducted Archbishop of Nnewi Diocese, Anglican Communion, Most Reverend Godwin Okpala.

During the visit, the Archbishop who precocious regained his freedom, recounted how helium was fed remnants of nutrient eaten by kidnappers erstwhile daily.

The Archbishop and his operator were kidnapped during a travel to the Umuchu assemblage successful Aguata LGA, Anambra state, they spent 27 days and regained state connected January 3, 2025.

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