I narrowly escaped being consumed by hyena in terrorists’ enclave, says retired army general
A retired Brigadier General and former Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Maharazu Tsiga, who was kidnapped by terrorists and regained freedom after 56 days, said he was almost consumed by hyena in forest where he was kept alongside other victims.
Penpushing reports that Tsiga while narrating his ordeal in terrorists enclave recalled that apart from the danger he and victims faced from their abductors, they were equally confronted with the risk of being hurt by wild animals in the mountain in which they were kept.
“The day before yesterday, on the mountain I was staying, unexpectedly, we just look around, we saw hyena parading around us to get its own food. And which kind of food? We, the human beings.
Penpushing further reports that he said he was able to come out alive from kidnappers’ den by the help and mercies of God, while sharing his experience when he and 18 other victims were reunited with their families by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, in Abuja.
The former army boss who was abducted from his hometown Tsiga, in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State on February 5, 2025, alongside nine other residents said his safe return was the kind of situation worthy of celebration.
“Those of us that experienced that place, we always stay with snakes, scorpions.And one bad experience, particularly for those of us who, they knew our rank, whenever they are being attacked, sincerely speaking, they bring us out, so that the aircraft can hit us. But you know God is merciful’, he said.
“When a rocket was sent to us, it did not explode. They carried that rocket and kept it where I am sleeping so that immediately I come and touch it, it will explode. And that is why I told us, God is merciful,” he added.
Penpushing also reports that the former Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) equally revealed that the nature of food they were fed was another threat to his health, adding that the terrorists said that those of them that were in uniform, government is always putting money for them to keep.
The retired army general said the that terrorist only feared military aircraft, more than God calling on all Nigerians to join hands to fight and defeat insecurity in the country, emphasizing that security should be seen as a collective responsibility of all.
‘We should not sit down and believe that the government can do it alone. We must do it ourselves. So we thank Almighty God for giving us this opportunity to live again,” he said.
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