A terrified Nigerian man stares into a phone camera, rifle pressed to his head, sweat rolling down his face.
“My name is Magaji Adebanjo. I have a pregnant wife and a four-year-old son… please I don’t want to die,” he sobs.
The 64-second clip, released Thursday morning, shows the Vine Crest College worker barefoot and bound in thick Kogi forest, exactly one day after gunmen snatched him on the notorious Kabba-Ajaokuta highway while travelling to Abuja.
Beside him sits another silent victim, knee badly injured and wrapped in dirty cloth. Masked men with AK-47s stand guard.
The kidnappers want N100 million – a fortune for a school employee who earns less than N300,000 monthly. His family says they cannot even raise N1 million.
Social media has exploded with anger. “Same road, same story, different victim,” one user wrote, while others tag President Tinubu and the police, demanding action.
As of Thursday night, neither Kogi Police nor Vine Crest College has spoken publicly.
Magaji’s elderly father and pregnant wife are reportedly devastated, clinging to hope that the viral video will force authorities to move fast.
In a country tired of ransom stories, this one feels painfully personal – a father begging strangers to save him before it’s too late.
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