A Nigerian schoolboy who was abducted by gunmen, believed to be radicalised Fulani herders, has escaped after more than two years of captivity.
Treasure Ayuba, aged 14 (see photo), is the last of over 100 students to find freedom after they were kidnapped from their dormitory at Bethel Baptist High School in Damishi, Kaduna State in 2021. Their fate mirrors that of the 276 now-famous Chibok girls, who were abducted in Nigeria in 2014, but over 100 of them remain missing. Kidnappings for ransom are now endemic across northern Nigeria.
While his schoolmates were released in groups as ransom demands were paid, Treasure, who was just 12 when he was taken, was kept hostage.
