Some friends and colleagues ofthe officer kidnapped by suspected bandits who struck during the attack on Nigeria Defence Academy, (NDA),Major Christopher Datong, have taken it upon themselves to secretly raise the ransom to rescue him from bandit terrorists, according to reports.
Recall that Major Christopher Datong was the officer kidnapped by the terrorists, with 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 told newsmen that a ransom was being prepared among his friends in the Nigerian Army.
