Musa was reportedly released on Wednesday after prolonged negotiations and pressure from concerned Nigerians who had followed the case since his abduction.
Abducted National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Abba Musa, has finally regained his freedom after spending several months in captivity in the hands of suspected bandits.
Musa was reportedly released on Wednesday after prolonged negotiations and pressure from concerned Nigerians who had followed the case since his abduction.
A video circulating online showed popular blogger, D English Alhaji, speaking with Musa shortly after his release.
In the video, Musa appeared inside a car while the blogger encouraged him to express gratitude to Nigerians who had supported calls for his freedom.
During the brief conversation, Musa thanked Nigerians for their prayers, concern, and solidarity throughout the period of his captivity.
Musa’s abduction had earlier raised concerns about the safety of NYSC members, especially those deployed to areas affected by insecurity across Nigeria.
Nigerian military reports
On February 28, 2026, SaharaReporters reported that Musa had cried out for urgent help after bandits subjected him to severe torture in captivity.
The criminals repeatedly beat, kicked and humiliated the corps member while he desperately pleaded for his life.
In a disturbing video obtained by SaharaReporters, the helpless corps member speaking in Hausa, was seen surrounded by bandits who continuously flogged and assaulted him despite his repeated appeals in the name of God.
The footage shows the visibly exhausted and injured corps member lying helplessly on the ground as the attackers struck him mercilessly with long sticks while others punched and kicked him without restraint.
Throughout the video, the victim could be heard crying and begging Nigerians for intervention, saying his life was slipping away due to the relentless torture.
“Please help me for God’s sake, please help my life. I may soon die in this situation,” the distraught corps member pleaded in agony.
Despite his desperate cries, the attackers continued the assault.
Two of the bandits were seen flogging him repeatedly with long sticks and violently punched him, kicked him and smashed him onto the ground.
The corps member, visibly weak and struggling to breathe, continued begging for mercy, invoking religious appeals in an attempt to soften his captors.
“For the sake of Allah, please help me. For the sake of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W), please help me. Please help my life,” he cried.
Rather than showing compassion, the bandits mocked him and intensified the torture.
At one point in the video, one of the attackers speaking in Hausa boasted that they would torture the corps member the same way, according to him, the Nigerian military allegedly tortures suspects.
The brutality escalated further as the bandits stood on the abducted corps member’s chest and repeatedly jumped on it while continuing to flog him.
The victim writhed in pain as he struggled to survive the assault.
Meanwhile, the corps member appeared to lose strength and said he had died. Instead of stopping, one of the bandits laughed loudly and kicked him in the head, mocking his condition and saying he thought the victim had claimed he was already dead.
The video captures the victim in extreme distress, breathing heavily and barely able to move as the attackers continued their assault unchecked.
Banditry and mass abductions have continued to plague several parts of northern Nigeria, with students, travellers and youth corps members increasingly becoming targets of kidnappers seeking ransom payments.
