However, the bandits showed no compassion.
At one point, one of the attackers speaking in Hausa boasted that they would torture the corps member in the same way he claimed the Nigerian military tortures suspects.
The brutality escalated further as the armed men stood on the victim’s chest and repeatedly jumped on it while continuing to flog him.
The victim writhed in pain as he struggled to survive the assault.
At a point in the footage, 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.
The video captured the victim breathing heavily and barely able to move as the attackers continued their assault.
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.
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