Ghanaian student escapes from kidnappers who kept him in cemetery [Video]

A 20-year-old Ghanaian student described how he was freed from kidnappers who had taken him from his school and were holding him captive in a cemetery.

Rebecca Nantomah, the victim, is a student at the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) in Bole, Savannah Region. Myjoyonline.com named Rebecca as the victim.

He claims that the attackers beat him on the neck, knocked him out cold, and then abducted him from the school grounds during Sunday supper.

Nantomah claimed that when he came to after passing out, he discovered two men guarding him at the Bole royal cemetery.

The two men then asked him for the numbers of his relatives whom they could contact to ostensibly demand a ransom. While attempting to help the captors with the phone number they had requested, Nantomah phoned his schoolmates to inform them about his ordeal.

One of the kidnappers suspected that the victim might have called for rescue rather than simply complying with their instructions, so he rushed to the phone to verify.

While he was engaged in the verification efforts, Nantomah used the opportunity to try an escape. The other man who was left to keep watch over him engaged him in a struggle to prevent him from fleeing, but the young victim overpowered him. He managed to join his schoolmates and narrated his plight to them.

The incident has put fear into the student body and teachers.

The principal of Bole NVTI, Alhassan Salifu, expressed worry about the safety of the students, who he said leave the campus sometimes in search of water.

He has, therefore, advocated the beefing up of security in and around the school as well as the entire Bole township.