My sister fought kidnappers who stoned her to death – Escaped 12-year-old

In a harrowing ordeal, a 12-year-old boy named David Adedayo recounted how his sister, Damilola, was brutally killed by kidnappers who had abducted their family from their home in Kuje, Abuja. The kidnappers attacked the family on August 23 and held them captive for several days. Their mother, Nancy Adedayo, was released an hour later to negotiate the ransom demanded by the kidnappers.

David described the kidnappers' actions, saying they took the family to the master bedroom before releasing them. They remained together for five days, with the kidnappers taking them up and down a mountain. During one of these treks, David's sister, Damilola, collapsed and was thrown into a stream. Although her body was later discovered, she had not actually died.

When Damilola seized a cutlass from one of the kidnappers and injured one of them with it, the kidnappers became angry and killed her by throwing her off a cliff. David managed to escape the kidnappers and climbed down the mountain, finding refuge near a stream. The next day, he met a herdsman who guided him to a village chief and later to vigilantes. They took him to a hospital in Danfara, Kuje, where his uncles found him.

ACP Victor Godfrey, the commander of the unit that led the operation, stated that seven suspected members of the kidnapping syndicate were arrested, including Ishaka Abdullahi, Abdullahi Dabo, Abubakar Jibrin, Barahu Ibrahim, Sani Mohammed, Alidu Lawal, and Yakubu Abubakar. The decomposing body of Damilola Adedayo was recovered from a forest in Tukuba, Kuje, FCT. The family had initially paid N16.2 million for a victim's release, but the kidnappers demanded an additional N50 million.